| LAOS: Diversifying crops to cope with climate change |
 | LUANG PRABANG، 13/8/2012 (IRIN) - Lemons and sweet bamboo may not be associated with frontline efforts to adapt to climate change in most parts of the world, but in Kioutaloun village in northern Laos, rice farmers hit by landslides, land erosion and severe flooding are looking to different crops. full report |
| PHILIPPINES: Banking breast milk to save lives |
 | MANILA، 13/8/2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine government's state-run breast milk bank is intensifying collection efforts to boost breastfeeding among the poor and help women return to work immediately after giving birth if they want to do so. full report |
| CAMBODIA: Water management goes solar |
 | KRATIE، 14/8/2012 (IRIN) - Floods and droughts are two leading causes of agricultural losses in Cambodia, where farmers have begun using solar power to manage their water supply and counter the impact of increasingly erratic weather patterns. full report |
| MIGRATION: Reaction to Australian policy reforms |
 | BANGKOK، 14/8/2012 (IRIN) - The Australian government’s recent decision to transfer asylum seekers to Pacific islands to process their applications will undermine efforts to find a solution to the region’s asylum seekers and refugees, human right groups and activists warn. full report |
| Analysis: Why so few vegetables in Sri Lanka? |
 | BANGKOK، 15/8/2012 (IRIN) - While the government focuses on boosting rice production in Sri Lanka, the fresh produce industry, with its contribution of essential nutrients and potential for providing livelihoods, needs more support, say farmers. full report |
| VIETNAM: Farmers brace for bird flu |
 | HANOI، 16/8/2012 (IRIN) - Farmers in north and central Vietnam are bracing for a new wave of bird flu outbreaks as local authorities are urged to take precautions against the disease. full report |
| PHILIPPINES: Fighting floods as well as rebels |
 | MANILA، 16/8/2012 (IRIN) - As overstretched authorities in the Philippine capital, Manila, grappled with rains that triggered fatal flooding across the city and surrounding areas last week, a separate man-made disaster erupted in the country’s troubled south, displacing thousands. full report |
| MIGRATION: Greece - “an unsafe environment for migrants” |
 | BANGKOK، 17/8/2012 (IRIN) - Human rights groups in Greece have condemned recent police crackdowns on undocumented migrants, inhumane detention conditions, and hate crimes committed with impunity. full report |
| INDONESIA: Growing concern over hepatitis |
 | JAKARTA، 17/8/2012 (IRIN) - Poor awareness about hepatitis infections and a lack of treatment have made the disease a growing public health threat in Indonesia, say experts. full report |