Poverty

Venezuela To Finance Proposed Poverty Fund With Oil Revenue Chavez (Nasdaq)

16 May 2008

CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday pledged to finance a proposed multilateral poverty fund with proceeds from the country's oil sector.

Genetically modified crops not a solution to poverty, hunger, and climate change: Report (New Kerala)

15 May 2008

Washington, May 15 : Based on an assessment of the global agriculture scenario, experts have come to the conclusion that genetically modified (GM) crops are not a solution for poverty, hunger or climate change.

Anti-poverty group urges solons to give up some 'pork' for rice (GMA News)

15 May 2008

MANILA, Philippines - An anti-poverty group on Thursday called on lawmakers to allot their next pork barrel allocations to projects that will help boost the country's rice sufficiency.