Category: Global Food Crisis

Kenya drought leaves 4 million needing food aid

Three failed rainy seasons have left up to four million Kenyans needing food handouts and trucked-in water as the

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Wheat Crop in Australia Cut 25% by Drought

Drought in Australia’s New South Wales, usually the nation’s second-largest wheat grower, has cut the state harvest by at

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Somalia faces worst food crisis in 18 years

ROME — Drought, conflict and displacement are causing the worst humanitarian crisis in war-torn Somalia in 18 years, the

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USDA calls most of California a drought disaster area

FRESNO, Calif.—The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared that 50 of California's 58 counties are natural disaster areas because

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Thai rice region under climate threat

Part of Thailand's main rice growing region is under severe economic and environmental threat from climate change which must

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Eighteen Women And Children Die In Pakistan Food Stampede

Eighteen women and children have died after stampeding a center for for aid in Pakistan.

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Drought-hit farmers in India sell wives to pay debts

Drought-hit farmers in northern India are resorting to selling their wives to repay debts to local loan sharks, activists

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Floods Destroy Indian Homes, Crops; 1.7 Million People Affected

Floods in an eastern Indian state destroyed homes, damaged crops and swept away roads this week, forcing authorities to

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Californian drought into third year – Special Video Report

Video Report: Three years of drought decimates Californian harvests

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Starvation in Guatemala Due to Bad Weather, and Economy

GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared "a state of emergency" late Tuesday to help mobilize funds and

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