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Protesters fear than a plan to modernise agriculture could leave the lower riparian province of Sindh without water.

Avian influenza has been spreading among wild birds for years, but spillover into mammals and people has experts worried.

World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the FAO said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Is it justifiable to continue not recognising the Taliban government, which has been in power for more than three years? This stance does nothing to improve the situation of Afghan women and prevents the international community from fully engaging on other critical issues in the country. Report from the field…

Scientists say climate crisis and poor agricultural practices to blame with serious implications for crop yields

"Yet in terms of the global persistence of famine, things have not got better in the intervening 40 years"

The 40th-anniversary remake of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? charity hit was released on November 25. The new mix, which features vocals recycled from previous versions of the single, still includes the original track’s “feed the world” message and lyrics.

In a paper advocating for improving nutrition in the first 1,000 days, the American Academy of Pediatrics identified 14 key nutrients for early brain development. Dairy foods provide seven of those 14 nutrients.

Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis