Action must be taken both internationally and in local communities to end global hunger and promote sustainable agriculture development in the places that need it most.

Nov 9, 2009 - Angela Higbee

Humanity's growing egoism is coming into conflict with the interconnectedness of nature, resulting in the global crises we are struggling to solve today.

Jul 7, 2008 - Mark Zimmerman

Wendell Berry's "The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture" helps explain the growing global crisis in ecology, culture, and economy.

Feb 15, 2011 - Annabelle Fogerty

It is the worst economic recession for decades, and students will be badly affected by the Global Credit Crisis, too.

Jan 4, 2009 - Matthew Tanner

In September 2008, the financial world fell in chaos. Banks were closed and businesses lost billions on the stock markets. But how did the world react to the downturn?

Jan 13, 2009 - Patrick Hinton

The Great Depression of 1929 is related to the current Financial Crisis in that both originated in the U.S and have damaged the world economy at a frightful scale

May 15, 2009 - Tongkeh Joseph Fowale

Major cities in North Africa have recently seen a spate of demonstrations by their younger residents. What motivates these demonstrators?

Feb 3, 2011 - Gordian Kankiko

When the media spread stories about Mexican 'Flu or the potential menace of unemployed youth, does it merely transmit a commodity called news into the mind?

Aug 13, 2011 - Duncan McGibbon

The World Food Program committed $11.5 billion to the aid the food crisis, but still funding is stretched thin as 22 countries are vulnerable to the threat.

Jul 4, 2008 - Andrew Woolford

Professor says that in just two decades the world will face massive upheaval because vital resources will be in short supply.

Mar 19, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

For years advocates and refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan have been crying out for help. Recent initiatives signal a growing response to their pleas.

Nov 17, 2008 - Phillip Barea

The agriculture sector's neglect is now leading to a food crisis that would change the very course of the global economy.

Aug 22, 2010 - Samreen Khan

There is one resource necessary to the very existence of mankind . It is essential, irreplaceable and can not be substituted. It is water.

Sep 26, 2008 - Christin Aitchison

The effect of the current global economic crisis could have very harmful effects on the continuing development of the global South.

Feb 27, 2009 - Odilile Ayodele

The sudden increase of food prices in 2008 had a devastating effect on the world's poor. 150 million people were added to the list of chronically hungry people in 2008.

Feb 14, 2009 - Christine Welter

Warmer weather is destroying the tundra ecosystem.

Sep 11, 2009 - John Blatchford

Governments have gained enough awareness regarding the spread of infectious diseases across the world. With globalization comes greater risks.

Aug 21, 2010 - Yfur Porsche Fernandez

Chronic malnutrition has become a multi-generational issue, and the global food shortage has an economic impact that goes far beyond the ability to buy enough food.

Nov 9, 2009 - Angela Higbee

Several factors are driving up global food prices - growing world population, climate change, demand for biofuels and large scale animal farming, are a few.

Feb 18, 2011 - Giovanna De Gennaro

Just-in-time industrial production methods were pioneered by the Japanese. After the recent earthquake disasters just-in-case methods may make a come back.

Mar 20, 2011 - Gerald Greene