In-Depth Global Reports - Food security


Farming is dependent on Nile river water
Briefing: Turning Egypt's deserts into fields

Floods, drought in Sri Lanka exacerbate vulnerability

CAMEROON: New cassava species could boost food security

CLIMATE CHANGE: Fungi offer non-GM way to enhance food crops

SRI LANKA: Drought hits northern rice farmers

CLIMATE CHANGE: Them pests!

CLIMATE CHANGE: Human Rights Watch’s Jan Egeland calls for faster progress

CLIMATE CHANGE: Tackling the information void

CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers too hungry to adapt

LAOS: Diversifying crops to cope with climate change

NIGER: What price human dignity

MALI: Beyond the drought - “Families will disappear”

NIGER-CHAD: Is sustainable agriculture possible in the Sahel?

CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers and forecasts

FOOD: Reduce hunger, nurture women farmers

LESOTHO: Weather extremes threaten food security

Analysis: Agriculture in a changing environment

VIETNAM: From rice to shrimps and ginger - adapting to saltwater intrusion

CLIMATE CHANGE: How rivers will behave

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Dry spell leaves thousands food insecure

UGANDA: Farmers battle uncertain weather patterns

EGYPT: Desertification threat to local food production

GLOBAL: All wheat varieties will have to be replaced

GLOBAL: National drought policies wanted

ZAMBIA: Fishermen get hooked on farming

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Taking the risk out of subsistence farming

NAMIBIA: When we have food, we are rich

CLIMATE CHANGE: Staple food crops do not want global warming

BANGLADESH: Population pressure, climate change drive search for new rice varieties

NEPAL: Another blow to food security

ASIA: Signs of hope for higher rice yields

ASIA: Signs of hope for higher rice yields

ETHIOPIA: The village that will not need food aid

EAST AFRICA: Cassava comes in from the cold

NIGERIA: Fallout from Niger food crisis

MADAGASCAR: Hunger is a hard sell

EGYPT: Pressure mounts on authorities over Nile Delta

BANGLADESH: Salt-resistant paddy offers hope to farmers

GLOBAL: The impact of grey literature on climate projections

KENYA: Taking the risk out of farming

VIETNAM: Record drought threatens livelihoods

BURKINA FASO: Farmers act on climate change

GLOBAL: Climate-proof food plants are coming



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