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Climate change growing threat to Asian food security
How quickly could climate change worsen hunger? According to a new report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), expected changes in temperature, rainfall and storms could put an additional 49 million people in Asia at risk of hunger by 2020.
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Are black-eyed peas the crop of Africa's future?
With concern growing that climate change will lead to shortages in classic food staples such as maize and rice, could the black-eyed pea be the crop of the future? Researchers have identified the pea, grown in semi-arid areas, as one of
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The future of meeting humanitarian need: the mega global fund
The humanitarian emergency appeal system, according to Jeffrey Sachs, is somewhat dysfunctional. UN appeals are produced that are invariably not met, and the time and money that went into them is wasted, aid operations are scaled down instead of up and hum
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SLIDESHOW: The farmer, the trader and the carbon credit pot
As announced on the weather forecast, it is another very hot day during one of the hottest months in Orissa since the last century. Mahji, a poor farmer is admiring
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The MDGs - most visionary yet unheard of goals
We can be cynical, even dismissive about the UN's Millennium Development Goals. They are perhaps the most visionary objectives never heard of by mo
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The curse of the blue diamond
The curse of the blue diamond has struck Thailand once again
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VLOG: Jason Gonzales tests the water at the MDG Summit
Jason Gonzales, founder and president of Aquavida, a global clean water provider, spoke to AlertNet about the importance of clean water and sanitation in achieving the eight United Nations millenium development goals.
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VLOG: Olav Kjorven mulls the Millennium Development Goals Summit
Olav Kjorven, director of policy development for the United Nations Development Programme, spoke to AlertNet in the U.N. Secretariat Building after a media briefing on energy poverty data.
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VLOG: Using mobile networks to manage humanitarian disasters
Adele Waugaman works for the United Nations Foundation. She spoke with AlertNet about using technology to create networks and connect people during humanitarian crises at the U.N.
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VLOG: African entrepreneurs establish health aid fund
Gift From Africa, a new fund launched to tackle HIV/AIDS, Malaria, tuberculosis, should help make progress toward achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015, collaborators say.
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