How the world grows its food needs to change radically to cope with increasing population and climate change, while at the same time avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse, says the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Techno

Source: IRIN The humanitarian community is to urge the G8 leaders to fully fund immediate emergency aid and to invest in longer-term agricultural development in poorer nations to tackle the global food crisis.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani vowed to fight extremism and terrorism as he headed Saturday to the United States where he will meet President George W. Bush.

Technology under development at the University of New South Wales could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty groundwater.

When 2009 arrives in less than two months, amendments added to the Americans with Disabilities Act will take effect.Norman Public Schools and Moore Norman Technology Center are two education institutions prepared for the law.