" As a member of Oxfam's humanitarian support team, I can be deployed globally at short notice. My job is to provide short-term...

During the Irish potato famine of 1845 to 1848, the worst year is known as Black '47, when 400,000 people died of starvation and diseas...

We have reported on the rise in food prices that many commentators blame on changes in supply and demand for grain but the Times reports t...

From the Independent , the newspaper thats rapidly acquiring the reputation for doom and gloom , another story of impending catastrophe . Th...

From Time magazine , how the feel good factor in charity does very little to ameliorate famine . Food aid feels good. Last year United Natio...