FAO may promote cassava as food
Casssava can help fight hunger and poverty in the developing countries if production can be increased and marketing improved, according to a joint statement released by the International Fund for
Casssava can help fight hunger and poverty in the developing countries if production can be increased and marketing improved, according to a joint statement released by the International Fund for
The landlocked African nation of Chad has begun pumping oil to Cameroon through a 1000-kilometre underground pipeline as part of a deal aimed at alleviating poverty in both countries. Chad's leaders
<p>Delhi with fast-growing rate of urbanisation is the second most water-stressed cities in the world according to this new research published in Global Environmental Change Journal which has mapped 500 large cities to determine how global urbanisation is affecting water supplies. Kolkata (6), Chennai (18), Bangalore (19) and Hyderabad (20) are also listed in this first global survey of the large cities’ water sources.</p>
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With about 815 million people going to sleep hungry, the head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) says that development experts mesmerised by international trade and high technology
Population, poverty making Tanzanians preys, says study
Having failed to complete the identification of persons below the poverty line in the city of Delhi in last one year, the city government is now planning to move the Supreme Court to seek more time
<p>The environmental changes that have swept the planet over the last twenty years are spotlighted in a new compilation of statistical data by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), released in a report
This publication is the result of a joint effort by the FAO and the IFAD to address the linkage between water and rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. It takes stock of past experiences and demonstrates that there are many opportunities to invest in water in support of rural livelihoods. Its aim is to help decision-makers make informed choices on where and how to invest. It emphasizes the need for an approach where investments in infrastructure are matched with interventions in institutions, knowledge and finance in ways that yield optimal returns in terms of poverty reduction.
Forests are home to some of the world's poorest people. Forests also provide environmental services important to the agriculture sector such as hydrological regulation and pollination. Forests and trees
In rural Vidharbha, theatre is thriving probably because of a play that has struck chord with agriculturists here. Called Atma Hatya, the play has drawn daily audiences in excess of 5,000. "We
IT IS a profoundly unhealthy world we occupy today. THE World Health Report, 1995 brought out by the World Health Organization, Geneva, reveals that about 51 million people died in 1993 worldwide:
When poverty is endemic, it is very hard to select a few districts that ideally should be the poorest of the poor. "It is difficult to identify the poorest districts as the lists prepared by
The frequency of droughts has made even traditionally water rich regions fall under the spectre of death
It is now widely known that the natural resources and livelihoods of rural poor people are under increasing pressure. Growing demand for natural resources as well as ongoing and projected climatic changes
Even in the Prime Minister's constituency, there is no foodgrain for those living below the poverty line(BPL). Due to the apathy of the officials, not a single beneficiary of BPL or the Antyodaya
China has asked the World Bank to fund a controversial $89 million poverty-alleviation programme to move poor peasants into Tibetan lands,Beijing has denied charges that the move would assimilate
The current world food crisis is the result of the combined effects of competition for cropland from the growth in biofuels, low cereal stocks, high oil prices, speculation in food
Financial experts suggest panel to provide leadership in global governance issues
The World Bank (wb) has cleared the construction of a 1,045-kilometre oil pipeline from Chad in central Africa to Cameroon's Atlantic coast. The move flies in the face of environmental concerns