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COVID-19, food shortage and inflation could bankrupt Sri Lanka
Food shortage and inflation are causing distress and the government has barely any foreign exchange reserves to import food – especially as agricultural productivity...
Agriculture
One in two families in drought-affected Iraq need food assistance
Families in rural parts of the war-torn country say their only source of living is vanishing in front of their eyes as their lands...
COVID-19
Surviving on a diet of rice, oil and beans – and hunger, insecurities and COVID-19
Squatters on the outskirts of Myanmar’s capital city, Yangon, juggle their need for food with the fear of eviction. Their existence get yet further...
Afghanistan
UN chief: ‘Babies being sold to feed their siblings’ in Afghanistan
Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the UN Chief has warned of “a race against time to help the Afghan people.”
United Nations’ Secretary-General António...
Agriculture
India gets a step closer to allow GM foods
Anti GM food campaigners say that FSSAI is trying to allow genetically modified foods through the backdoor by putting out a set of weak...
Afghanistan
Taliban feel a bath in a hammam is not a good idea. Ban women from using public bathhouses
Afghanistan's Taliban, known for their strict observance of Islamic codes, have banned women and men from using hammams, or public bathhouses, in the Balkh...
Civil society
No infrastructure planning can match civil society led collective action
Policy makers and planners must acknowledge people's action and take these into account in their planning efforts. People’s action can do wonders. The case...
COVID-19
COVID-19 And Military Coup Result in Poverty; Impact Food Consumption In Myanmar
An United Nations study estimates that in a worst-case scenario, almost half the population of Myanmar could slide below the poverty line by 2022....
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
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