World & Nation
When Julie Da Vanzo, a senior economist at the Rand Corp., visited a government-run hospital in the West African nation of Gambia that is dependent on foreign aid from China and Britain, she found a babble of voices and a jumble of priorities.
June 23, 1985
The recent emergence of famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen that has left more than 20 million people on the brink of starvation is a reminder of the difficulty of ending hunger around the world.
July 13, 2017
Opinion
Extreme acts such as hurling food at masterpieces of art make less aggressive tactics more palatable for others to engage in.
Feb. 1, 2024
Unless more attention--and money--are focused on agricultural research and conservation, the tragic famine in Somalia will seem “infinitesimal” compared with the massive food shortage the world will face by the end of the decade, leading agricultural researchers warned Friday at a symposium in Washington on food, poverty and the environment.
Jan. 30, 1993
Food
The swamp isn’t just getting deeper. It’s being ladled out for supper.
May 7, 2019
Farming: For 25 years, a scientific institute has been searching for new crop varieties to help relieve famine on three continents. Now it is threatened with budget cutbacks.
Nov. 30, 1997
The international embargo against Iraq could be an economic boon to at least one group of entrepreneurs: thousands of Turkish truck drivers who make their livings on the back roads of the Middle East and Europe.
Aug. 13, 1990
A collision between increasing populations and wasteful irrigation practices will produce shortages of water and food in some of the world’s most populous countries during the 1990s, the Worldwatch Institute warned in a report released Saturday.
Dec. 10, 1989
World Now
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Feb. 29, 2012
Science & Medicine
A new study underscores the urgent necessity to expand birth control in nations still burdened with rapidly growing populations, but it also raises the specter that, for many of the affected nations, population already is overwhelming resources and it is too late to stave off deterioration of the already low standard of living.
Dec. 28, 1986