Full Coverage: Food

31.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 31 (OneWorld) - Traditionally, it's the kids who receive sweets from the elders on Halloween, but that years-old ritual is getting a makeover this year in hundreds of communities across North America.

29.10.2007 Recognising the huge potential of agriculture sector in raising income levels for people living in absolute poverty, the World Bank calls for increased investment in agriculture. If that happens, it will benefit 75% of the worldÂ’s poor living in rural areas of developing countries.

26.10.2007 After decades of promoting urea, the Indian government has decided to remodel its fertilizer subsidy based on its study of soil ecology. The excessive use of urea based fertilizers has led to a decline in soil fertility in parts of the country.

25.10.2007 A Food for Work initiative by the World Food Programme (WFP) has helped rebuild more than 1,300 kms of rural roads and almost 9,000 kms of bridle paths in quake-affected North Pakistan. Rural roads and pathways connecting the mountainous terrain were destroyed by the 2005 earthquake, cutting people off from relief supplies and medical aid.

23.10.2007 ‘Agriculture for development’ is the new mantra of the World Bank. The latest WB Development Report calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries, claiming its GDP growth is four times more effective in reducing poverty than GDP growth originating outside the sector.

19.10.2007 The second Global Hunger Index presents a gloomy picture when it comes to meeting the MDG targets related to hunger and child mortality. Barring a few regions of the world, it appears that hunger will continue to haunt humanity for a long time to come.

11.10.2007

10.10.2007 This year's Stand Up and Speak Out, scheduled on October 16-17, 2007, aims to move people to feel for the cause and also create more publicity than last year. This time the movement is more political too, says Sylvia Borren, co-chair of Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP).

10.10.2007 Handloom weavers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are battling poverty and tuberculosis while the government sponsored schemes still elude them. The Asian Human Rights Commission has launched an appeal to the people to urge the government to take action.

10.10.2007 Over 3,000 labourers signed on a monster banner to remind the Pakistan government of its promises to eradicate poverty and other MDG goals. The 10 km banner, patched together from smaller bits of cloth, will carry 1.5 million signatures to be unfurled in Bahawalpur on October 17.

09.10.2007 India is likely to fall short of the 2015 global deadline set by the United Nations to halve poverty and hunger, says a recent report by the UN and the Asian Development Bank.

03.10.2007 The National Nutrition Conclave marked the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by releasing a book of recommendations on how to attain a nutrition-secure India. The conclave comprises a diverse group of government officials, NGOs, civil society, corporate leaders, nutrition experts, activists and academics, who gathered at the capitalÂ’s National Academy of Agricultural Sciences for the event.

02.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 2 (OneWorld) - An Islamic humanitarian group held a nationwide campaign this weekend to assist tens of thousands of homeless people.

01.10.2007 FAOÂ’s new web platform will help users exchange personal experiences, opinions and best agricultural practices. This global initiative will bring policymakers, rural service providers, development practitioners, farmers, researchers and ICT specialists together to help promote rural development.