Indian farmer paves way for a new, climate-smart cash crop - sunshine
Pioneering project in one of India's sunniest states offers farmers opportunity to sell excess energy back to power grid
Insurance gains clout as climate change solution for the poor
After Typhoon Haiyan, 300,000 victims who were insured got payouts in five days
Nepal farmers need urgent aid to avert threat of hunger facing one million - U.N.
Farmers need $20 million in emergency aid to plant crops in the summer and winter cropping seasons
Asia's teen dropouts head for future of unstable jobs and poverty - experts
Millions of teenagers in East and Southeast Asia are dropping out of school to do dangerous, low-skilled jobs
Ebola showed aid delivery desperately needs an overhaul
Next epidemic will strike faster and harder, and the international community is not prepared - experts
Zimbabwe youth feel corruption’s sting
A Transparency International-Zimbabwe (TI-Z) survey finds that 65 percent of young people say they have been asked to pay a bribe for public services, feeding disillusionment with government.
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Zimbabwe youth feel corruption's sting
Disillusionment from corruption is concerning in a country where 77 percent of the population is under 35
Malawi's recovery from devastating floods may cost $400 mln, take five years - UN
Nearly half a million houses were destroyed or damaged in January floods
North Korea fears famine as UN says drought halves food production
State media in the isolated country called it "the worst drought in 100 years"