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A "green revolution" leading to much higher crop yields is needed to support the rapidly growing populations of African countries, a think-tank warns.
Global food prices tracked by a UN agency hit their highest level on record in January, a problem set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the US.
Giuseppe Oglio’s farm near Milan looks like it’s suffering from neglect. Weeds run rampant amid the rice fields and clover grows unchecked.
Farm ministers flook likely to focus on how to raise world food production, rather than take action to curb commodity speculation.
Like many farmers, Martin Busin works from dawn till nightfall, but he still needs the help of his cafe-au-lait cow, Miss, to bring in tourists to keep afloat his smallholding in…