Health and Development - Declining child mortality; Ageing also in LEDCs. Health Insurance.

Why the world needs an agricultural revolution in Africa.

China overtakes America to become the world's largest grocery market.

Rising food prices are tightening the squeeze on populations already struggling to buy adequate food, demanding radical reform of the global food system, Oxfam has warned.

About one third of all food produced for human consumption goes to waste, according to a study commissioned by the United Nations food agency.

"The World Bank says food prices are at "dangerous levels" and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since last June."

The world's food production needs to double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population.

High economic growth experienced by South Asian countries has not made an impact on the nutritional status. South Asian children also have high levels of micronutrient deficiencies (Iron, Vitamin A, and Iodine.) Over a third of adult women in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan are underweight

Food riots are a real threat in some developing and emerging countries unless funds for agricultural research are increased, says a UK scientist.