The unequal distribution of wealth remains the underlying cause of poverty throughout Latin America, although the region's countries have made widely varying degrees of progress towards meeting

Falling grain stocks and rising grain prices may signal a new era in the world food economy, one dominated not by surpluses but by scarcity.

Food relief responses may provide relief in the moment but fail without sustainability.

There is simply no way to overstate the water crisis of the planet today. Many now predict that the wars of this century will be over water.