http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1912 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85429 African farmers and fisherfolk are desperate for more reliable weather information. Kofi Annan's organisation aims to make things happen through the infrastructure for mobile phones. Global Humanitarian Forum http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163128/1/1912 The new UK climate projections published by the Met Office Hadley Centre are a valuable risk management tool for policymakers. But they also speak volumes about the global failure to protect poor countries from climate change. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85363 What sort of GM research would be pursued if the objective was to free up time for poor women farmers to do other things? Duncan Green inverts the debate. From Poverty to Power http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85347 A new report, Still in the Fields, exposes the continued use of state-sponsored forced child labour in cotton production in Uzbekistan and highlights major role played by leading brands in ending the abuse. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83879 Kenya has approved a controversial biofuel project that environmentalists say could destroy some of the country's most pristine wetlands. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83744 As a deadly new strain of Black Stem Rust devastates wheat harvests across Africa and Arabia, and threatens the staple food supply of a billion people from Egypt to Pakistan, the areas where potentially crop and life-saving remnant wild wheat relatives grow are only minimally protected. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160440/1/1912 UN Security Council needs to discuss the current global food crisis and take corrective measures before the situation goes out of hand. Experts feel that the UN body must recognise that war and civil strife cannot be prevented without addressing social and economic conditions. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160426/1/1912 New mobile text message service called Reuters Market Light has made it easier for poor farmers in western India to get farm-related information. By subscribing to the service they can get regular updates on their mobiles about weather forecasts, pest attacks and daily market prices for their produce. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160347/1/1912 UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/160255/1/1912 BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists from across the region. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160207/1/1912 WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Far away and close to home the growing world food crisis is taking a toll. While Americans are increasingly shocked at their rising grocery bills, hunger threatens lives and stability in several developing countries. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160187/1/1912 Continuing food crisis in Afghanistan is frustrating people as several cities witness protests, riots and looting. While people blame government for this crisis, experts attribute it to both local and global factors. The country would need over half-a-million tonnes of imported wheat to meet the current demand. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160149/1/1912 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160099/1/1912 A new international study says there is need for more agricultural research to be able to produce more in a sustainable manner. The study however cautions against excessive optimism about transgenic crops, as their potential environmental and health risks are yet unknown. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160068/1/1912 The UN food agency has alerted Pakistan against a possible attack of Ug99 on wheat crops. Even as officials from the country have denied its presence, there are fears that winds from Iran and Balochistan may blow in the black stem rust, leading to widespread crop loss in South Asia.