IPS Inter Press Service: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen being interviewed by Stella Paul for IPSTV at the sidelines of the 38th session of FAO Conference in Rome, June 15 2013. Santi Mayor/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Jassiben - a potter who received a loan from SEWA bank to start her business in western India's Gujarat state. There are millions of women like her who have found a livelihood with help from SEWA
IPS Inter Press Service: A bag of koko (gnetum). Credit: Arsène Séverin/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Happy Shongwe, a smallholder farmer from rural Maphungwane in eastern Swaziland, shows off her seeds. Credit: Mantoe Phakathi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Poland wastes at least 8.9 million tonnes of food every year. Credit: Claudia Ciobanu/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Granaries are half empty for farmers in southern Zimbabwe, and the country is importing maize to make up for a shortfall of at least two million tonnes. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Mabinti displays a papaya in the village of Makonkonde. Like many farmers in rural Sierra Leone, she struggles to get her fruit to the market. Credit: Tommy Trenchard/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: A solar-powered pump in rural Bihar, India, with an array of photovoltaic panels in the background. Credit: Kartik Wahi/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Women working in their vegetable gardens at the Capanda Agroindustrial Pole in Angola. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Mohammad Jamal Hossain shows off vegetables grown on his “dike” garden. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: A work programme for agriculture would boost investment in food productivity in developing countries. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: La Niña could affect Brazil's abundant soy production. Não-Me-Toque soybean plantation in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Credit: Nilson Konrad/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Innovation at the service of food production in Mexico. Credit: Mauricio Ramos/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Maize is a food staple in Guatemala's "Dry Corridor," which has been hit by both drought and flood. Credit: Danilo Valladares/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Jorge Medina checks his crops. Credit: Ivet González /IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Isaac Ochieng Okwanyi has had his most successful harvest ever after using lime to improve the quality of his soil. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Most African farmers are women / Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Cotton bales in Malawi / Credit: Claire Ngozo/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: A member of the Mundari tribe stands amongst cattle in Terekeka, South Sudan. Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Rice fields outside the Cambodian capital. Credit: Irwin Loy/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Market in the indigenous village of Oxchuc, Chiapas, Mexico. Credit: Mauricio Ramos/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Gadam sorghum. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
IPS Inter Press Service: Angola's Small-Scale Farmers Welcome Investment, Urge Careful Targeting
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IPS Inter Press Service: MOROCCO: Farmers Overcome Water Scarcity
IPS Inter Press Service: Gov't Leaves Farmers to the Mercy of Moneylenders
IPS Inter Press Service: Soybean field near Eldorado in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
IPS Inter Press Service: Farmer at rice harvest.
IPS Inter Press Service: Preserving the Potato in Its Birthplace