The worst plague of desert locusts in a generation is ravaging crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa with Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia battling to contain the escalating crisis.
Volunteers from Rabbis for Human Rights were attacked as they assisted Palestinian farmers in harvesting their olives in the northern West Bank village of Burin.
Direct payments from the EU currently account for an average of 61 per cent of farms’ net profit. A major shift away from traditional farming towards an environmental stewardship scheme will need time and space for evaluation.
As the number of Colombian community leaders killed and threatened reaches unprecedented levels, UK aid agency CAFOD is calling for more protection for these leaders, who are crucial to the country’s peace process.