Amnesty International Warns Of Extreme Poverty In Zimbabwe Due To Failed Agricultural Season

UN chief urges unity over hunger

By: GMBAIG

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for a "single global vision" from world leaders to address the problems of world hunger and pollution. Mr Ban's comments came at the start of a UN conference in Rome aimed at stabilising world food prices. He said the summit needed to co-ordinate closely with the UN climate meeting at Copenhagen in ...

12 days ago

Can We End Poverty In Our Generation?

By: JonathanAquino

        AS we approach the October 16 World Food Day and Stand Up! Take Action! End Poverty Now! day, and the October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty day, let us ask ourselves, "Can we end poverty in our generation?" Once upon a time, everybody was poor. Then came agriculture, industry and technology. Some ...

about 1 month ago

Farmers Can Slash Global Emissions Today

By: patelashishme0932

What's the Story? "Innovations in food production and land use that are ready to be scaled-up today could reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to roughly 25 percent of global fossil fuel emissions and present the best opportunity to remove greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere," says the environmental think tank Worldwatch ...

about 1 month ago

Hunger 'kills 17,000 children per day'

By: azhar12

Somewhere in the world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds -- even though the planet has more than enough food for all. Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary-general, laid out the sobering statistic as he kicked off a three-day summit on world food security in Rome on Monday. "Today, more than 1 billion people are hungry," he told the ...

11 days ago