Full Coverage: Food

23.03.2006 Mounting debt and a largely indifferent government are leading to rural distress and forcing communities to sell their land in India's Punjab province, explains analyst Devinder Sharma. What started as an isolated case is spreading as more villages are forced to deal with the ill-effects of the "Green Revolution."

22.03.2006 As fast food chains begin to take root and grow throughout Latin America, so do many LatinosÂ’ waistlines. McDonalds and others are being accused of false advertisement and fudging nutritional facts, amplifying the problem.

21.03.2006 KOZHIKODE: Fifteen visually impaired persons have been provided employment at a unit set up to manufacture disposable, eco-friendly plates under the aegis of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) here. Forest Minister A. Sujanapal formally inaugurated the unit at a programme held here on Sunday.

06.03.2006 The global reduction in hunger since 1990 (as measured by the UN Food &
Agriculture OrganisationÂ’s under nourishment indicator) has been due, primarily, to decreases in countries in Eastern and South Eastern Asia. These regions, along with Latin America and the Caribbean are expected, on current trends, to meet the target.