Atomic agency urges crop mutations to ease hunger

The UN atomic agency called Dec. 2 for greater trust and investment in using radiation to bolster crops against climate change and disease as a way to save millions from hunger. The technique has been around since the 1920s and proven effective but its spread has been limited by phobias over the words “radiation” and

Cyclone damage affects productivity

Tens of thousands of farmers in the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta face the prospect of a thin rice harvest this monsoon season and uncertainty over whether they will be able to plant the vital summer crop. “We cultivated the fields quite late this year and we did not have enough livestock to help us either,” said


UN food lines will grow

The UN food agency expects to feed around a third more hungry people next year, as the global financial crisis adds to the pressure of high food prices on poor nations, a top official said Oct. 15. Sheila Sisulu, deputy executive director at the UN World Food Program (WFP), said an increase of around 30