Prices of foodstuffs such as wheat have been hit by unrest in North Africa The World Bank has warned that rising food prices, driven partly…

Editor’s note: CNN’s Moni Basu and Jim Spellman traveled to Haiti in December, to report on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake there. Among the…

Wholesale prices rise 1.6 pct. due to biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years. WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices jumped last month…

Eric Sorensen: The many challenges that face Haiti and its people have been chronicled over the last year in newspapers and on television, in blog…

A struggling maker of handmade paper finds success by recycling elephant dung. He plans to move his workshop to provide jobs to village women. By…

GONAIVES, February 22, 2011: In its first year of operation, Yéle Vert enlisted 350 volunteer farmers to grow trees. At the start of each growing…

The measure is intended to prevent cholera from spreading in the Dominican Republic. Poorly cooked lobster served at a wedding last month sickened dozens of…

JESSICA LEEDER GLOBAL FOOD REPORTER— Instead of squatting over a small street-side fire cooking take-out food, Datilia Roland Doriela spends the day inside her tiny…

Why is desperately needed aid logjammed at customs? Some say it’s because you have to grease the right palms to get it through. BY FRANCES…

As foreign do-gooders try to send humanitarian supplies, they are encountering problems — for a variety of different reasons. BY FRANCES ROBLES, TRENTON DANIEL AND…

GONAIVES, January 18, 2011: Yéle’s contribution to stemming the spread of cholera has saved many lives, but you don’t often get a chance to put…

29 December 2010 – Farmers in north-western Haiti are likely to lose a significant portion of their rice harvest due to reluctance to work in…

by Ashley Smith / August 5th, 2010 Amid the hoopla over Chelsea Clinton’s wedding at a posh estate north of New York City, there were…

COLUMBIA – A plastic tub filled with sand might be the answer to Haiti’s need for clean water, a Mid-Missouri missionary told KOMU 8 News…

Christian Science Monitor By Gary G. Yerkey, Correspondent / November 19, 2010 With the cholera death toll climbing to more than 1,100 and 1.3 million people…

By Gregory Meyer in New York, Jack Farchy in London and Javier Blas in Geneva Published: November 9 2010 17:00 The spectre of inflation loomed…

“There’s no evidence that there was ever any concern for (soil) conservation.” Kenneth Kidd Feature Writer 2010/10/15 It may have been good for my farmers…

FINANCIAL TIMES – By Gregory Meyer in New York and Javier Blas in London Published: October 8 2010 18:32 | Last updated: October 8 2010…

By RENE BRUEMMER, The Gazette October 9, 2010 More than half of Haiti’s population live in rural areas and derive their incomes, sparse but life-sustaining,…

A summary of the “La Gonave Master Plan”: The developer, Global Renewable Energy, claims to be focused on “alternative energy projects,” and has already pitched…