Search:

Somalia is entering into an old, yet still unique (considering the state of the warring factions there) phase with the current drought.

A lot of bell-ringing was going on today on CNN.

Having...

I have seen firsthand how water and access to it for farming use is a critical component of life in rural Third World areas. Seems that violence has broken out across the border in Pakistan in the...

NPR had another spot about the issue on the air today. The systemic problem of the poor competing against ethanol production was highlighted. Anyone know what Brazil uses to produce it's fuel?

Today's Wash. Post front pager on the Philippines rice issue referenced these folks: http://www.philrice.gov.ph/ and the lead article there provides some interesting context. Rice production, for...

On the micro level, this is a big problem in the Philippines. My wife just spent an hour or two talking to her mother who is in Pasig City (suburb of Manila) right now. It seems that the average...