Re-direct farm subsidies to help consumers buy healthy food: UN
The world’s US$630 billion a year in food and agriculture subsidies should to be re-directed, helping consumers to afford healthy ...
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IMF, World Bank, WFP and WTO urge coordinated action on food security
The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, UN World Food Programme and World Trade Organization have called for urgent, coordinated action ...
Food security affected as Ukraine agriculture season begins
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to food and fuel price hikes costing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) an ...
WFP: Food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
According to Reuters, a World Food Programme (WFP) official has said food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure ...
Russian invasion risks hunger in Middle East and North Africa
The Telegraph reports that Russia's threat to invade Ukraine is causing food prices to fluctuate, and risks pushing families across ...
UN shrinks Yemen rations in desperate measures
The World Food Programme (WFP) will reduce food rations for 8 million people in Yemen from January, according to Reuters. ...
Donors back $280 million for Afghan food
Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and ...
Poorest face food crisis amid fertiliser shortage
Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of Yara International, has told the BBC that higher gas prices are pushing up fertiliser ...
Business can help in the region with the world’s worst emergency: Afghanistan
Responding to the world’s biggest emergency, meet Kate Newton, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East & North Africa, at ...
Elon Musk wants proof $6 billion solves world hunger
Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, challenged a United Nations official’s claim that just a small percentage ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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