UK scientists have released draft sequences of the wheat genome, making a vital contribution to securing global food supplies. The researchers also say their efforts could help farmers to develop new strains with greater yields. Global wheat production has been under threat in recent years from increasing demand and climate change. The Russian heat wave this [...]
The United Nations says more than one-quarter of the households in Kyrgyzstan do not have enough food, and that the problem is expected to get worse in the coming months. That figure represents about 1.5 million people. The World Food Program said Tuesday it is preparing to bolster its operations in the country, where almost [...]
Tired, desperate and starving, people are coming to blows over a food aid. With more than 20 million people displaced by flooding that is now officially the worst disaster Pakistan has ever faced, the humanitarian crisis has only just begun. The men are among eight million people who the UN has classified as being in urgent need [...]