With 2 billion more mouths to feed by 2050, let's get serious about the links between farming and climate change

The utter brutality of this movie is physically and emotionally painful, but it is important to watch for the truths it surfaces about greed, violence and modern-day slavery

The massacre of at least half a million Indonesians believed to be communists nearly five decades ago was one of the country’s darkest episodes

Research shows women are critical to solving food insecurity, but they need access to land

How to run a refugee camp in the middle of a desert and why girls should be put at the centre of development

Somalia has one of the world’s highest rates of mental illness with one in three people affected, WHO says

As the fledgling fund's board meets in Paris, there are five key areas it needs to make progress on, researchers say

Many Indian fertility clinics and banks advertise surrogacy services online, providing information for overseas clients from countries such as Britain, the United States and Australia.

Despite official ban of age-old practice of "trokosi" - sending girls to shrines as slaves to serve priests and protect their family from the gods' anger - Ghanaian authorities prefer to end it by persuasion rather than compulsion

It is time to stop talking and start accelerating efforts to ensure universal access to safe water, sanitation. Health, education, safety, dignity, and basic survival are on the line

Perhaps the biggest challenge the government faces is not persuading rebels to desert but convincing more Colombians to forgive ex-fighters and accept them back into society

Peacekeeping is about protecting citizens and bringing stability, but when corruption gets in the way, it does nothing but the opposite, perpetuating conflict and increasing corruption.

Social and family pressures make it difficult for lesbians and gays to come out in China, but the Internet has enabled them to meet online, and cafes like ROOMS mean they can get together in person

A study compares tenure security across different forest projects, and finds there is no one-size-fits-all solution

The International Day for Disaster Reduction on Oct. 13 will highlight the needs of disabled people in emergencies, and their contribution to DRR

The Soviet dictator is both an object of pride and a nagging reminder of Moscow’s lingering influence in Georgia after its disastrous war with Russia

UN negotiators are in race against time to finalise deal – children’s lives depend on it

'When I make 35,000 francs a week, it is important for me. It is with this money that we pay our children’s school fees, take care of our health, and buy clothing.'

'There’s much we can learn from indigenous, traditional and community-based approaches to natural disaster preparedness'