When outside funding ran out, some Mexican farmers decided to cultivate pitaya, or
dragonfruit, the way their Mayan predecessors did hundreds of years ago.
by Anonymous on February 24, 2010
Worldwatch Senior Researcher Danielle Nierenberg and U.S. Ambassador Charles Ray discuss how to best develop the agricultural sector of Zimbabwe as the country faces political turmoil, severe unemployment, and high food prices.
It's been 25 years since Band-Aid's Do They Know it's Christmas raised millions of dollars and immeasurable awareness with the compelling chorus of "Feed the World," but global interest in those hungry people has plummeted in the last two decades.
by Ben Block on December 2, 2009
Placing more efficient cook stoves in rural households may provide a quick solution to short-lived
pollutants that contribute to the greenhouse gas effect and trigger millions of
premature deaths.
by Ben Block on November 9, 2009 Farmers in West Africa are planting
tree species among row crops to improve soil quality, helping to help
lower malnutrition, especially in drought-prone Niger.
by Ben Block on November 2, 2009
Participants in a unique twist on a Halloween tradition
sought to raise awareness about the prevalence of child labor on West African
cocoa farms.
by Ben Block on October 23, 2009
An international scientific review committee ruled that
endosulfan, a widely used pesticide, should be classified as a persistent
organic pollutant (POP).
by Ben Block on September 30, 2009
Climate change is expected to lower yields and raise crop
prices across the developing world, leading to a 20-percent rise in child
malnutrition, a new study finds.
by Ben Block on August 28, 2009
New World Agroforestry Centre data estimates that nearly
half of the world's farmlands have at least 10 percent tree cover, more than 10
million square kilometers in total.
by Ben Block on August 18, 2009
Many Asian countries will have to import more food or
improve irrigation methods to feed the 1.5 billion more people who are projected to occupy the continent by 2050, a new study finds.
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