Today is World Water Day, when the U.N. beats its drums about one of the world’s most threatened resources. This year’s theme is “Water and Food Security.”
Food Security
Feeding billions of people is destabilizing the environment and contributing to conflict around the globe.
Are we locked into a population of 9 billion?
A population scholar lauds “Food for 9 Billion” for linking the need for family planning to the challenge of feeding the world.
Initiative seeks to strengthen farming-conservation link
A new initiative looks at farms as parts of complex systems that provide more than food and income.
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Examining Ethiopia’s ‘villagization’ program
Tonight’s story on PBS NewsHour probes the connection between foreign investment in African farmland and the displacement of native people.
Climate change’s unequal impact
It’s no coincidence that the world’s poorest countries also are the most vulnerable to a changing climate.
More food for thought on population
Viewers respond to our PBS NewsHour story about food and family planning in the Philippines.
See our coverage of the Philippines
“Food for 9 Billion” is all over the airwaves tonight, with features on American Public Media’s Marketplace and PBS NewsHour on the links between population growth and food security.
Food for 9 Billion: South Asia sneak preview
Check out these snaps from Bangladesh, where communities are girding for climate change, and India, where a grassroots movement is working to avert a water crisis.
Good morning, Bangladesh
Greetings from one of the world’s most “climate vulnerable” countries as it prepares for a future of storms, floods, droughts, salty soils and other unpleasantness.
Round two for Egypt
Today’s feature on American Public Media’s Marketplace looks at the politics of food as Egyptians head back to the polls.