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FAOs Global Information and Early Warning System has just issued the October 2005 issue of Food Crops and Shortages. Foodcrops…

The new UN Human Rights Council must be objective and have broad geographical representation in order to fulfil its mandate…

Africas growing population could pose more of a threat to reducing poverty on the continent than HIV/AIDS, researchers said Tuesday.…

West African nations warned Wednesday that a crucial World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting would fail unless rich countries halted subsidies to…

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday announced the appointment of Inga Björk-Klevby as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Human…

Conservation agriculture holds considerable promise for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa because it can control soil erosion, reverse land degradation, give…

Most regions in sub-Saharan Africa continue to need some food assistance, but the situation is worst in southern Africa, where…

Ministers of education, agriculture, fisheries and rural development and high-level officials from eleven African countries Friday agreed to make education…

“Education is the most effective way to empower the rural poor to get out of poverty and to ensure that…