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. ...
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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 ...
7,000 children under five will die from hunger every day
The impact of Covid will kill an extra 258 children a day from malnutrition, according to a report in Nature ...
Livestock’s nutrient-dense food addresses undernourishment
Insufficient access to livestock or animal-source foods is a major factor behind high rates of malnutrition that persist in many ...
WFP: Madagascar on verge of starvation
Reuters reports that communities in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation. Women and children are walking for hours to ...
Guterres: Food Systems Summit must address record acute hunger
Acute hunger is at a five-year high, affecting at least 155 million people in 55 countries - 20 million more ...
Cindy McCain tipped for UN food agencies post
Italian Insider reports that the widow of US Senator John McCain is under consideration for appointment by the Biden administration ...
Experts: Mandatory labelling can drive sustainability
Mandatory egg labelling is a good example of creating “clear, consistent demand” – driving improvements across a supply chain, according...
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