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06 May 2009 

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Crisis - Feeding a Hungry World
         


VOA reports on challenges posed to agriculture, infrastructure, and national and international organizations amid a growing food crisis

Read a recent live Web Chat Transcript with Jennifer Parmalee of the World Food Program, to discuss the food crisis.

 

         

G8 Promises Help for African Agriculture  Audio Clip Available
Leaders concerned steep rise in global food prices could push millions back into poverty
A flooded corn field in Iowa
Local villagers work on their cocoa farm in Abo village near Ikom, Nigeria (Dec 2007 file photo)