Rice harvest worst in 80 years

Oct 13 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on world leaders to create a new "financial architecture", in much the same way that the current international economic system was set up at a conference...

Oct 13 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on world leaders to create a new "financial architecture", in much the same way that the current international economic system was set up at a conference...

The price of rice is set to double after Australia's worst crop in 80 years.

Members of Britain's cabinet held urgent talks on Tuesday (October 7) over a possible multi-billion pound injection of public money into the banking sector over the coming days as the global...

CHEN: In Cambodia this year's planting season is getting under way. At the country's annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony the royal oxen have predicted a good harvest. STORY: The ceremony is held to...

CHEN: And in Indian Kashmir farmers are in good spirits. They are expecting a bumper harvest from this year's rice paddy crop. A bumper harvest means they will have a successful growing season....

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundarajev pledges to supply rice to the Philippines and visits a wet market in Manila to inspect availability. Thailand on Thursday (May 22) became the second country to...

Millions of people in Ethiopia are facing starvation amid the worst drought in years, charities have warned. Concern Worldwide has said seed is urgently needed to plant new crops and is hoping to...

Twila TV's Avery Davidson reports how a rice farmer is looking to make a profit for this year's harvest but is worried about hurricanes that look to destroy his crop.

The United Nations said on Wednesday (May 14) up to 2.5 million people might have been affected by the Myanmar cyclone and proposed a high-level donors conference as the Myanmar junta again limited...