Asia

Rich land, ample water, and human persistence have turned virgin prairie into the primary breadbasket for China, the world’s largest nation and second-largest economy that is pursuing grain production with a single-minded purpose.

A decades-long quarrel over water allocations boils up again during this year's dry summer, ending in farmer protests and increased security.

International demand and new technologies push nation to the top for hydrocarbon exports. But massive production has also created worries over water.

From a recent trip to rural India, Ned Breslin describes that moment when staff and partners made the jump to Everyone, highlighting the difference between counting beneficiaries like sheep and finding a particular community that signified that the ambition of everyone had been reached.