Eradicating hunger should be a priority
By Jose Graziano da Silva,IPS UN Food and Agricultural Organisation is calling for a new World Food Summit for 2009.
By Jose Graziano da Silva,IPS UN Food and Agricultural Organisation is calling for a new World Food Summit for 2009.
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The collaborative study by National Dalit Watch of National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights & Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development reviews the exclusion of Dalit communities in climate change adaptation programmes and policies through case studies and desk review.
An economic rehabilitation scheme for the people affected by the World Bank funded water projects, aimed at improving the economic status of those living below the poverty line, is being implemented
Access to food involves entitlements for producing or acquiring food, which are discussed in this paper under three main headings: access to productive natural resources including land, water, agrofor
BHUBANESWAR: Speakers at a workshop here were unanimous on the need to identify and incubate innovative options for providing sustainable livelihoods to the rural poor. Inaugurating the workshop on Scouting and upscaling livelihoods innovations in Orissa, Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik emphasised on innovative practices to solve social problems. One model incubate in a particular area m
The Maharashtra government is looking out for an independent agency to evaluate the implementation of the Prime Minister
The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million – 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 – or around one person out of every nine, according to the latest edition of the annual UN hunger
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: To meet the challenge of food demand of a growing population in developing countries, cereal yields will have to be increased by 40 per cent and net irrigation water requirements by40-50 per cent. An additional 100200 million hectares of land may be required to meet double the current food demand by 2050, agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said on Friday.
There is a growing body of literature on the impact of climate change in Africa. Most studies have concentrated on the impact of climate change on crop and livestock productivity, while other studies have
This policy brief calls for investment of 1% of global GDP in energy efficiency of buildings, renewable energy, sustainable transport, ecological infrastructure and sustainable agriculture.According to this, investing about US$750 billion of stimulus monies in the green economy could aid recovery from the economic downturn, create jobs, address poverty, promote achievement of MDG and fight climate
"The strategy for agriculture will certainly create new jobs, especially in the allied sector. However, agriculture's share of employment will actually reduce, from the current 70 per cent to 40-45
SOPAN JOSHI travels through Andhra Pradesh, only to find that beyond the immediate crisis of state wide farmers suicide lies one decade of neglect. Of agriculture, which sustains 70 per cent of its people, actually rendered unproductive and life denying.
In Malawi, the fifth poorest country in the world, the government introduced a voucher programme for small scale farmers, providing them access to subsidised fertilizer and seed. The country suddenly saw bumper harvests in both 2006 and 2007. Are fertilizer subsidies the way out of poverty for small scale farmers in Africa?
<p>If no action is taken, drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and damage to the economy as catastrophic as during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis warns this report by the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. By 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.</p>
The sweet potato is helping tribals in Orissa beat hunger as they fight for survival against droughts, floods and desperate poverty. In large tracts of Orissa's tribal belt, beset with natural
‘Economic Survey of Maharashtra’ is prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning Department every year for presentation in the Budget Session of the State Legislature. The present
Since the rises in food prices in 2008 and beyond, food security is high on the development agenda. Recognizing that water is an essential element to achieve food security goals, several high level events
BHUBANESWAR: A fact-finding team of the BJP today claimed that Nanda Nayak of Golapada village under Bhanjanagar block in Ganjam district committed suicide due to crop loss and loan burden.
Sri Lanka has made encouraging progress in reducing poverty to below 7 percent of the population, but pockets of severe poverty remain and future prosperity will depend on addressing chronic revenue shortfalls