Full Coverage: Food

27.10.2006 LIFE for the Sahariya tribal people in Madhya Pradesh (India) is an unending struggle against hunger, malnutrition, disease and, above all, neglect. In tribal villages, children continue to slide into the dark folds of hunger, and disappear, reflects Annie Zaidi.

26.10.2006 India ranks low once again on the Global Hunger Index, confirming what development experts have been saying all along -- that the countryÂ’s economic boom is not being matched by corresponding levels of progress in the human development indices

20.10.2006 A report released by a US-based group says South Asia continues to face "critical" levels of hunger.

16.10.2006 Today, October 16 Global - the day also commemorates the creation of the United Nations World Food Program in 1954. The UN recognizes that today, agriculture has contributed to human civilization by improving nutrition and living standards. It has ensured the production and distribution of agricultural, fishery and forestry products and enough food to feed everyone on this planet. The theme for the World Food Day 2006 is "Investing in agriculture for food security."

13.10.2006 Raising awareness about the problem of hunger mobilizes energy to find a solution. In 1997, FAO launched TeleFood, a campaign of concerts, sporting events and other activities to harness the power of media, celebrities and concerned citizens to help fight hunger.

13.10.2006 A landless Dalit labourer saw three members of the family die of hunger. He received his job card for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on October 6, a day after they died.

10.10.2006 A novel Hunger Helpline in Gujarat, initiated by the state government in collaboration with civil society organisations (CSOs), aims to connect poor people in need of a meal with food donors through the telephone.

09.10.2006 The gap between potential and actual yields is high in most parts of India. The principles of conservation, particularly with reference to land and water, need to be integrated with farming practices, says M.S. Swaminathan.

06.10.2006 Utilisation variations across states need to be clearly understood, and all design defects corrected, before the scheme is extended beyond its present coverage of 200 districts, says Indira Rajaraman & O.P.Bohra