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August 11, 2012
IFPRI: US drought could pinch the world poor
Drought in the U.S. farm belt may result in higher prices for poor people around the world, according to IFPRI. The head of IFPRI also recommended a halt to the ethanol production from corn both in the US and the UK, so as to help relieve the pressures on both […]
August 11, 2012
Chinese invested agriculture benefits poverty stricken families in Africa
Farmers in Zambia, who have signed a contract with China-Africa Cotton Corporation end up living better lives by planting cotton for the company, and getting more monetary returns that their other counterparts. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
India: Punjab dairy farming model exemplary for other states
The Progressive Dairy Farmer, an association of farmers with about 6,000 members, after experiencing success in Punjab are all set to promote commercial dairy farming in other dairy farming states as well. The association has formed the All India Progressive Dairy Farmers Association and has plans to provide dairy farmers […]
August 11, 2012
Relief work saves 1.2 million people in the Horn of Africa
According to Plan International, a relief and child welfare international organization, its timely intervention in the food crisis that is continually exacerbating in Africa, has saved about 1.2 million people from hunger and starvation. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
IDB to work towards ensuring food security in Africa
Islamic Development Bank has invested about US$275 in many of its African member states, in a number of agricultural efforts to ultimately ensure food security. The investment could not have come at a better time as Africa struggles with chronic food insecurity and hunger. Read more […]
August 11, 2012
ADB suggests monitoring of food security and safety net programmes in Bangladesh
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested to the government that they monitor all their safety net and food security programmes in order to ascertain the separate impacts of each. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
Climate change and food security
This post exhaustively compiles research available on long and short term reasons and outcomes of food insecurity, and poses climate change as one of the main reasons why food security situations across the world continue to worsen. Read more here.
August 11, 2012
Analysing Africa’s hunger
This post is a critique of the recent UNDP report ‘Africa Human Development Report 2012 – Towards a food secure future’. It talks about the omnipresent problem of Africa not utilising its agricultural resources to the maximum to feed its people, in proportion to GDP growths. […]
August 11, 2012
As Americans go hungry, other Americans waste
In 2010, America wasted 33.79 million tonnes of food. In 2008, roughly one in every six Americans went hungry. As statistics have it, a normal American ends up wasting about 209 to 254 pounds of food annually. Read more here.
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Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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