Ross O'Sullivan is these days in Ethiopia where he is part of Concern Worldwide's emergency support unit.
Reporter Robert Crilly discusses the idea of providing cash instead of food to hungry countries.
Drought has returned to Ethiopia and is severely affecting a huge amount of the country's rural population. Concern's Laura O'Mahony spoke to some farmers who, despite being used to regular droughts, say they have never seen anything like this year's situation.
Several countries are experiencing riots and protests over the global phenomenon of rising food prices. The urban poor in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, are among those suffering badly.
The members of Dzoole Bean Association in Dowa district have good reason to be smiling proudly as they display their bags of bean seed. After only one year these farmers have managed to work together to produce enough bean seed to fill over 46 bags, weighing 50 Kilograms each, 42 of which have just been sold to Bunda college.
A market reconstruction project recently finished by Concern Worlwide in northern Liberia was officially opened by President Madam Ellen Sirleaf Johnson.
Two members of Concern Worldwide's emergency response team are on their way to Myanmar to assist with the relief operation following last week's devastating cyclone.
Thousands of villagers in remote Kenya are anxiously awaiting text messages, writes Rob Crilly, in the Rift Valley.
The recent increase in global food prices is having a significant impact on the lives of the poorest people in the world.
