Red Sky News | The Global Meltdown
Category: Global Food Crisis
Drought, debt lead to rapid increase in Indian farmers’ suicides
HYDERABAD, India — Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India
Banana diseases threaten African crop
Two banana diseases spreading in Africa could hurt food supply for 30 million people on the continent who largely
Tigris and Euphrates drying up. Violence predicted
Video : Tigris and Euphrates are drying up.
Despair as drought cripples ‘Australia’s Mississippi’
Farmer Mazzareno Bisogni fights back tears as he stands among the remains of trees he planted 35 years ago,
Indian drought threatens rice, sugar output
In vast parched swathes of rural India, farmers are eyeing with despair their bone-dry fields as they face the
Cattle, Crop Losses Mount in Texas Drought
DALLAS, A vast swathe of Texas remains in the grip of a scorching drought, which has cost billions of
5 million Zimbabweans face starvation
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- The "humanitarian situation remains serious" in Zimbabwe amid cholera, starvation and a continuing economic crisis,
Mekong Delta may be inundated by rising sea
More than a third of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, where nearly half of the country's rice is grown,
Asia facing unprecedented food shortage, UN report says
Major investment in irrigation systems needed to feed population expected to grow by 1.5 billion over next 40 years
Drought and Famine: Ethiopia’s deadly Cycle Continues
As Ethiopia remains caught in a deadly cycle of drought and famine, aid agencies warn that erratic rainfall and