Agriculture

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

A Zimbabwean farmers’ lobby group has condemned a proposal by President Robert Mugabe to evict remaining white farmers from their land before elections are held within two years.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled Friday a food security initiative.

NEW YORK — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled Friday a food security initiative launched by the Obama administration to combat hunger worldwide.


China Uses Planes as Rainmakers in Drought Areas

Winnie Zhu Bloomberg.com 09.02.2009
China Uses Planes as Rainmakers in Drought Areas

China, the world’s biggest grain producer, is using its air force to try to make rain in rural areas struck by the nation’s worst drought in five decades.