UN: farmers must produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed population
Associated Press
A quarter of farmland is highly degraded, according to the first report into the state of the world's land resources
Associated Press
A quarter of farmland is highly degraded, according to the first report into the state of the world's land resources
Kate Kelland
(Reuters) - Progress is being made in the fight against the most common form of malaria in Africa, but a long-lasting type of the mosquito-borne parasitic disease has a tight grip on swathes of South Asia and parts of Latin America, scientists said Monday.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its annual Human Development Index on Wednesday, painting a grim picture of the prospects for millions of people in some of the world's poorest nations.
The threat posed to crop production by plant pests and diseases is one the key factors that could lead to "a perfect storm" that threatens to destabilise global food security.
Fiona Harvey
Group of leading scientists urge investment in sustainable agriculture to solve hunger crisis and reduce global warming
Damian Carrington
Droughts and rising sea levels could reverse efforts to improve living conditions of world's poorest people, report warns
Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday.
AFP
LONDON — The world's population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
The world is becoming a hungrier place - consuming more food, fuel and material resources - as its population bulges. But the increase in consumption is not even and not driven by the same factors.
Fiona Harvey
Report says refugees forced to leave homes by weather caused by global warming may end up in even worse afflicted areas