Farm mechanisation promoted by UN food agency
Modern farming technologies have eased the burden of hard labour for many farmers worldwide.
However, many small scale farmers still lack the technology to efficiently grow and harvest their crops.
Modern farming technologies have eased the burden of hard labour for many farmers worldwide.
However, many small scale farmers still lack the technology to efficiently grow and harvest their crops.
Global leaders are arriving at an international forum in Davos, Switzerland and are being told they have a key role in ending hunger across the planet.
For the first time, the Syrian government and opposition are at the negotiating table in efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in their country.
Human rights need to be at the centre of a peace deal for Syria according to a group of UN independent experts.
Ongoing political instability and fighting could lead to widespread food insecurity and malnutrition in South Sudan.
“Constructive dialogue” is needed to avoid the escalation of violence in Ukraine according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
Clashes between protestors and the police have continued for a second night in the capital, Kiev.
A plane loaded with life-saving supplies ranging from medicines to midwifery kits touched down in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Tuesday morning.
It’s perhaps not often that young people celebrate being able to sit examinations, but that’s exactly what 400 school students in South Sudan have been doing.
A disarmament conference could be what the UN Secretary-General has described as a “driving force for building a safer world and a better future.”
Kenya has made a major breakthrough in finding new varieties of wheat that are resistant to a devastating fungal disease.
Black Stem Rust affects cereals, especially wheat and can cause complete crop failure if fungicides are not sprayed on time.