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Stop fungal disease in crops, feed 600 million

Stemming fungal diseases in the world`s five most important crops could feed more than 600 million p...

Climate change precipitates food shortages, unrest

Long-term climate change has often destabilized civilizations through food shortages, hunger, infect...

Six million N Koreans face food shortages: UN

Humanitarian support to North Korea "has decreased tenfold" in the last 10 years, the UN agency said...

Kim goes sailing as N Koreans seek food: Report

Kim Jong-il has been spending his August summer holiday on east coast at one of his several villas.

Severe food shortages in North Korea: Aid groups

US aid groups said N Koreans are reduced to searching for wild grass to eat.

Millions face food shortages in North Korea: UN

Millions of people in North Korea will continue to face food shortages next year, a UN report has ...

Gujjars, Bakerwals in J&K facing food shortage: Tribal org

A front organisation of tribals in J&K today said the nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals in the higher r...

Shrinking glaciers to spark food shortages: Study

Nearly 60 mn people living around the Himalayas will suffer food shortages in the coming decades.

PDP stages walkout from J&K Assembly

The PDP on Thursday staged a walkout amidst pandemonium from the state Assembly as it slammed the Ja...

Drought & food shortage: History lessons from the field

Drought is a major concern for agricultural India as it occurs almost every two-three years and eats...

Cuban to be jailed for complaining about food shortage

A court of appeals in Havana has upheld the two-year sentence handed down to a man who had protested...

India has no worries on food shortages: PM

India has adequate food stocks to make up a shortfall in output this year and will step up efforts t...

Why India is paying heavily for food

The concluding years of this decade will be remembered in history as those of suffering and awakenin...

Asia could face food shortage by 2050, says study

Painting a scary picture, a FAO study has warned that many developing Asian nations would have to ...

Asia faces food shortage without water reform: UN

Asia could face chronic food shortages and social unrest if the region fails to improve its manageme...

A humanitarian storm brewing in Sudan: UN

A "humanitarian perfect storm" is brewing in southern Sudan, putting no less than 40 percent of the ...

Pawar asks states to check hoarding, control fodder price

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday asked state governments to check hoarding and black-ma...

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US-Pak: An affair gone wrong
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