A new report released on June 25th shows that the calorie requirements of the human population as a whole will sore by about 40 percent until 2050, at a rate that is completely unsustainable by existing agricultural practices and food production capabilities. Planning and serious investment in agriculture is therefor... |
26 June 2009
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There's not a doubt in anyone's mind that children living in poverty are subjected to many deprivations, which can severely affect them in the long run in a number of ways. Health problems are the most often, as parents don't have the means to ensure that their kids live a healthy life. In addition, th... |
7 April 2009
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Monday that the world should not get the impression that the global food security crisis had passed simply because the price of grain had slightly dropped over the last period. The organization said that the actual number of those below the limit of poverty ... |
30 March 2009
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A school-based program that was underway in Seattle in the 1980s proved to have far-reaching effects, showing a great influence on adults 24- and 27-years old, as well as on their parents and relatives. The Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) was meant to teach unfavored children how to function properly in and... |
12 December 2008
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In Bangladesh, one of the most densely-populated nations in the world, some 35 million people struggle to survive at the lowest limit of poverty. In most cases, money paid on dowries is the main cause for people's misery. Although this is not legally accepted, payments to future relatives are still a common prac... |
31 October 2008
06:38 GMT |
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When one thinks about the problems the world is facing today, one thinks of financial crisis, tense international relationships or pollution, but there are, actually, many people who would wish to have to worry only on these accounts. Changing all these wouldn't affect the fact that about 1 of 8 persons in the w... |
31 October 2008
04:07 GMT |
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