Full Coverage: Food
December 2007
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The aim of this Topic Guide is to provide a broad introduction to the subject of of food security in the context of the Millennium Development Goal to reduce world hunger
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27.12.2007
BAQUBA, Dec 27 (IPS) - The Iraqi government announcement that monthly food rations will be cut by half has left many Iraqis asking how they can survive.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United States] [Development] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Conflict] Image: Environment News Service. © Environment News Service (ENS)
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20.12.2007
Increasing levels of greenhouse gases are threatening the disappearance of plants and animals in mountains globally, warns FAO, while also raising chances of flooding, species migration and loss of crops and life.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Fisheries] [Environment] [Animals] [Climate change] |
14.12.2007
World Food Programme has drawn attention towards seven countries in the world, which are vulnerable to hunger. Two of them are in South Asia – Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [United Nations] [MDGs] Image: Hunger
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13.12.2007
Thousands of kilometers of protective embankments and dykes in BangladeshÂ’s southern coastal belt had been left severely damaged by the cyclone that hit the country in mid-November. People now face a risk of hunger if these protective walls are not repaired.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Land] [Population] [Oceans] Image: A young boy walks along an embankment in Bangladesh's cyclone-affected Barguna District. Approximately 90% of residents live within such polders / Photo credit: David Swanson / IRIN
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