Wheat

Wheat Smugglers Bring High Prices, and Hunger

By Ashfaq Yusufzai
With its lush valleys and well-watered plains, Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province produces plenty of food for the local population, including 10 million tons of wheat every year. So why are the people of this bountiful mountainous region going hungry?

CO2 Producing Hollow Food

By Stephen Leahy
Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels will make many key food crops like rice and corn less nutritious, a new study shows.

Biofortification May Hold Keys to “Hidden Hunger”

By Thalif Deen
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which works to end malnutrition among more than two billion people worldwide, is expressing strong support  for enriching the micronutrient content of plants.


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