Category Archives: Food Security

Gambling with land

Posted on July 23, 2011 by denebsumbul

by Najma Sadeque Last month, high-level representatives of the world’s richest countries, the G-20, met in Paris at their first agriculture-oriented meeting ever. Unstoppable food price rises and abject hunger since 2008 had become too glaring to ignore. Five hundred … Continue reading →

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‘Grow crops yourself for food security’

Posted on April 10, 2011 by denebsumbul

ISLAMABAD: To both empower rural women and overcome the current food security issues in the country, the government should allocate at least one acre of land to landless farmer women. This suggestion was given by speakers at a discussion titled … Continue reading →

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An acre for every woman

Posted on March 15, 2011 by denebsumbul

by Zubeida Mustafa | 9th March, 2011 IN his famous essay Poverty and Famine, the Nobel Laureate for economics, Amartya Sen, writes that contrary to popular belief, famines are not caused by food shortages. He adds, “Harvest failures, reductions in … Continue reading →