Trump nominee for top Agriculture post withdraws amid Russia probe
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Egypt holds workshop with World Bank to promote investments in agriculture
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FAO pumps K50 billion into agriculture, nutrition
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change 'will create world's biggest refugee crisis'
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Experts warn refugees could number tens of millions in the next decade, and call for a new legal framework to protect the most vulnerable Successive droughts, like those seen in sub-Saharan Africa, could cause millions to migrate to Europe. Photograph: Peter Caton/Tearfund
China still wants US cooperation on climate change
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World traveller Alize Carrere to share research about adapting to climate change
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DROUGHTS
Drought in Somalia drives children from school
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World lost 2.3 million sq km of forested land to drought in last three decades
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Cape Town gets Gigaba's go-ahead to deal with drought
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FLOODS
Two more drown in Penang floods, death toll rises to seven
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Chennai battered by 6 hours of rain, schools shut: India
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FOOD SECURITY
PM Modi inaugurates World Food India 2017
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World food prices fall 1.3 percent in October: FAO
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IRRIGATION
Area under irrigation in Maharashtra will be doubled: India
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
China says no plan to build 1000-km tunnel to divert Brahmaputra waters
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016.
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