A new study has found that women in India working for news media are under-represented. The survey of 170,000 people in 522 news companies by the International Women's Media Foundation in Washington found that women were best represented in Europe and worst in ASIa. Across the entire newspaper, radio and television workforce studied, the survey found that men held 65 percent of jobs, compared to 35 percent held by women. "There is still...

Scavengers, street vendors and other informal workers are falling further behind as the global economy recovers, amid rising competition from hordes of new working poor , a study released Wednesday said. A survey of people struggling in the so-called "informal job sector" in nine ASIan, African and Latin American countries found they had largely missed out on the benefits of the rebound from the 2008 financial crisis. "Incomes have risen for some...

FAO's first forecast for world wheat production in 2011 stands at 676 million tonnes, representing a growth of 3.4 percent from 2010, the March 2011 edition of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report said today. This level would still be below the bumper harvests in 2008 and 2009. Wheat plantings in many countries have increased or are expected to increase this year in response to strong prices, while yield recoveries...

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently in New Delhi, India gathered more than 900 participants for an international conference to examine ways that agriculture can enhance the health and nutritional status of poor people in developing worlds. Scholars, Politicians and activists during the conference tried to exploit the nexus between agriculture, nutrition and health. Most people would say that agriculture is for growing food, and on one level, they are...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has forecast improved wheat harvest in Pakistan in 2011 as the crop is expected to be 24 million tons, a three per cent increase over 23.3 million tons in 2010. World wheat production in 2011 has been forecast at 676 million tons, representing a growth of 3.4 per cent compared with 2010, according to the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for March released by...