In East Africa, poultry farming may be the answer for women farmers struggling to get out of poverty.
Advocacy groups call for lenders to forgive Haiti's $1 billion dollar debt as it struggles to recover from this month's devastating earthquake....
Why technological fixes often fail to deliver in the developing world – a story with a lesson and an online discussion....
Scientists working with Lao farmers to increase profitable harvests by finding higher yielding varieties of sticky rice....
Poverty, racism and the systematic oppression of women contribute to political and economic instability around the world.
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An ambitious plan to create an overland trade route in South America will allow for the movement of goods from Pacific to Atlantic....
Some of the richest countries are buying large swatches of land in some of the poorest countries to plant crops -- essentially outsourcing agriculture....
Efforts to help Colombian farmers find alternatives to growing coca -- the plant used to make cocaine -- yield promising results....
Once fueled by great stores of natural resources and ensuing investment, Indonesia is once again suffering the effects of a harsh economy....
A look at South Africa in the post-apartheid era, where the gap between rich and poor has not closed -- it has whitened. ...