Volume 4 Number 67 Fri. August 01, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections World Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Focus   Containing land degradation and desertification Exploratory assessment of vulnerability and combat options Land (or soil) degradation has been defined by the FAO as "a process which lowers the current and/or the potential capability of land (soil) to produce (quantitatively and/or qualitatively) goods or services".   Economic, social and heath benefits of breast-feeding Breast-feeding is gaining more and more popularity around the world and is being viewed as the best investment into a child's health and intellectual upbringing.     Advertisement