How can we end the hunger pandemic?
2 years ago

How can we end the hunger pandemic?

Al Jazeera  

As 2022 comes to a close, we are facing a food crisis worse than any other in recent memory. The combined consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and climate change, from disrupted supply chains and soaring inflation to extreme weather events, gradually left millions of people all over the world unable to put food on their tables. The triple nexus approach requires humanitarian aid, development and peacebuilding actors to work together on long-term initiatives that aim to reinforce national and local systems. If we are to overcome the interconnected challenges leading to hunger across the world today, the triple nexus approach should not be a characteristic of some UN projects in certain localities alone – it should be the basis of all crisis resolution efforts. If the international community is to respond to this unprecedented food crisis effectively, it needs to ensure humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors are working together to come up with processes and initiatives that will not only meet people’s immediate needs such as food and shelter but also strengthen resilience.

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UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
4 days, 13 hours ago

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency said Friday. According to a new report released Friday, the World Food Program said 3.4 million people are currently facing “emergency …

Drive to eliminate global hunger by 2030 has stalled, UN warns
5 months ago

Drive to eliminate global hunger by 2030 has stalled, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

About 733 million people faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic crises, a UN report says. A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve as the number of people suffering chronic hunger has barely changed over the past year, a UN report says. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition …

Away from global attention, Sudan is starving
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Away from global attention, Sudan is starving

Al Jazeera  

We need to take urgent action to prevent what could be the largest hunger crisis of our times. Yet, despite the imminent threat of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, the international community, and especially the Western world, shows little interest in Sudan and its protracted conflict. However, when the international community looks away, moves on from, or “forgets” a crisis or …

282 million faced acute hunger in 2023, worst hit in Gaza
7 months, 4 weeks ago

282 million faced acute hunger in 2023, worst hit in Gaza

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The U.N. report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the …

U.N. report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza
8 months ago

U.N. report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza

LA Times  

Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The United Nations report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, because of the sharp deterioration …

About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report
8 months ago

About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report

Al Jazeera  

Gaza, Sudan and other conflicts – along with extreme weather and economic shocks – worsened food insecurity, says new report calling the global outlook ‘bleak’ for this year. Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development …

Nearly 55 million face hunger in West and Central Africa, UN warns
8 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 55 million face hunger in West and Central Africa, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

UN agencies say double-digit inflation and stagnating local production are major drivers of the hunger crisis. Nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months in West and Central Africa as soaring prices have fuelled a food crisis, United Nations agencies have warned. “For children in the region to reach their full potential, we need to …

Sudan is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months ago

Sudan is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children’s lives, the U.N. humanitarian office warned Wednesday. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the U.N. Security Council that already one-third of Sudan’s population – …

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months ago

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the …

When food is turned into a weapon of war
9 months, 1 week ago

When food is turned into a weapon of war

Hindustan Times  

Over 28,000 people, most of them women and children, have been killed in Israel’s invasion of Gaza since October 27 last year. The crisis of food shortage is so intense that according to a report from the Palestinian health ministry, one in six children in north Gaza is showing signs of severe malnourishment. One glaring example of such brutality is …

Sudan war threatens ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan war threatens ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP

Al Jazeera  

Warring generals leave at least 25 million people facing food insecurity, with humanitarian response at ‘breaking point’. The war in Sudan threatens to trigger “the world’s largest hunger crisis”, a United Nations agency has warned. The World Food Programme said on Wednesday that more than 25 million people scattered across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad are “trapped in a spiral” …

Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns

New Indian Express  

CAIRO: A ruinous conflict raging for about a year between rival generals in Sudan risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, the top U.N. food official warned Wednesday as global attention has been focused on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Program, said the fighting in Sudan, which pits the country’s military against a …

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
10 months, 3 weeks ago

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. World Food Program said that some 18 million people across Sudan currently face acute hunger, with the most desperate trapped behind the …

Road to zero hunger
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Road to zero hunger

China Daily  

Food security in China and the world in 2023 and outlook for 2024 GUO DEWEI/FOR CHINA DAILY China's grain output rose to a record high of 695.41 million metric tons in 2023, the ninth consecutive year China has registered a grain harvest of over 650 million tons and the 20th consecutive bumper harvest year. Looking at global food security in …

World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria
1 year ago

World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme says it will stop its general food assistance programme across Syria at the start of 2024 due to funding shortages. “Starting in 2024, the programme’s goal is to transition from broad-scale general assistance to more targeted aid, directing limited resources more effectively to those facing severe food insecurity,” the statement said. “The decision to reduce WFP …

"Unnecessary and unacceptable": Why the American hunger crisis could get worse in 2024
1 year ago

"Unnecessary and unacceptable": Why the American hunger crisis could get worse in 2024

Salon  

Just a few days before Thanksgiving, new data from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey showed that nearly 28 million people reported experiencing food scarcity in October — both the highest number of 2023 and the highest number recorded by the survey since December 2020. Food insecurity experts deemed that prospect a “looming hunger cliff” — and again and again …

’One in ten worldwide go to bed hungry every night,’ reveals UN food chief
1 year, 3 months ago

’One in ten worldwide go to bed hungry every night,’ reveals UN food chief

Live Mint  

The head of the United Nations food agency has warned of a severe global hunger crisis affecting over 700 million people who are uncertain about when or if they will have their next meal. According to WFP estimates from 79 countries where the Rome-based agency operates, up to 783 million people — one in 10 of the world’s population — …

One in ten people worldwide go to bed hungry every night: UN food chief
1 year, 3 months ago

One in ten people worldwide go to bed hungry every night: UN food chief

Hindustan Times  

A global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again, and demand for food is rising relentlessly while humanitarian funding is drying up, the head of the United Nations food agency said Thursday. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain told the U.N. Security Council that because of the lack …

More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says
1 year, 3 months ago

More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain told the …

UN's World Food Program warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments slash aid
1 year, 3 months ago

UN's World Food Program warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments slash aid

Firstpost  

The agency said the more than 60% funding shortfall this year was the highest in WFP’s 60-year history and marks the first time the Rome-based agency has seen contributions decline while needs rise. WFP has warned that 24 million more people could slip into emergency hunger over the next year The World Food Program warned on Tuesday that humanitarian funding …

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
1 year, 3 months ago

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase

Associated Press  

ROME — The World Food Program warned Tuesday that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people, with each 1% cut in aid risking to push 400,000 people toward starvation. The agency said the more than 60% funding shortfall this year was the highest in WFP’s 60-year history …

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System
1 year, 5 months ago

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System

News 18  

A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering. The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world, with UN agencies warning of an increasing number of people suffering from chronic hunger. “Global …

Explained | What has to be done to get to Zero Hunger?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | What has to be done to get to Zero Hunger?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Global Report on the Food Crises 2023 released recently estimated that between 691 million and 783 million people in the world suffered from hunger in 2022. The GRFC is produced by the Food Security Information Network in support of the Global Network against Food Crises, and involves 16 partners to achieve a joint consensus-based assessment …

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says
1 year, 5 months ago

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says

LA Times  

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in September,” said Margot …

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
1 year, 7 months ago

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

Associated Press  

ROME — More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — …

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
1 year, 8 months ago

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Driven primarily by violence as well as the economic fallout from COVID-19 and inflation, food insecurity has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania, U.N. officials said …

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat
2 years, 1 month ago

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat

The Hindu  

Rolling crises linked to war, weather disasters and the pandemic have shaken global food systems and tipped millions into hunger and poverty. Others, like floods, can cause sudden "devastation of livelihoods and infrastructure", said Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor at Cornell University and a lead author of the UN's landmark IPCC report on climate impacts. Since then, record temperatures withered crops …

Hunger now killing one person every four seconds, NGOs say
2 years, 3 months ago

Hunger now killing one person every four seconds, NGOs say

Al Jazeera  

In an open letter addressing world leaders, more than 200 NGOs urge decisive international action to ‘end the spiralling global hunger crisis’. One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, more than 200 NGOs have warned, urging decisive international action to “end the spiralling global hunger crisis”. Pointing out that as many as 19,700 people are …

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

The Hindu  

The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. “The hungry people of the world are counting on us, and … we must not let them down.” Mr. Griffiths said …

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. David Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, told the U.N. Security Council that the 345 …

It’s time we all come together to address the global food crisis
2 years, 4 months ago

It’s time we all come together to address the global food crisis

Al Jazeera  

Millions of lives are at stake and the world’s most vulnerable do not have the luxury of time. Even before the war, hunger and malnutrition were on the rise globally, with an unacceptable 823 million people going hungry in 2021 according to the recent edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report by five United …

Why UN global hunger report figures are staggering: 150 million added post Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

Why UN global hunger report figures are staggering: 150 million added post Covid

Hindustan Times  

Even since coronavirus hit the world, over 150 million people have been added to the list of those affected by hunger, a new report by the United Nations has revealed. The goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by 2030 remains a far cry with the latest UN global hunger report revealing that 828 million people - across the …

UN: 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021
2 years, 5 months ago

UN: 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine, bringing “global destabilization, starvation and mass migration on an unprecedented scale,” a top U.N. official warned Wednesday. David Beasley, head of the U.N. World Food Program, said its latest analysis shows that “a …

World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’
2 years, 5 months ago

World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’

Al Jazeera  

Up to 828 million people, or nearly 10 percent of the world’s population, were affected by hunger last year: UN report. World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukraine war coupled with climate change now threaten starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN …

Global hunger calls for a collective action
2 years, 6 months ago

Global hunger calls for a collective action

Live Mint  

The world system that feeds humankind has been under stress for the past two years. The Russia-Ukraine war strangled crucial sources of supply, as these two countries contribute 28% to world wheat exports and 15% to world maize exports. Eleven countries account for 70% of global wheat production: China and India for 31%, Russia and Ukraine for 15%, the US, …

UN: 18 million people facing severe hunger in Sahel region
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: 18 million people facing severe hunger in Sahel region

Al Jazeera  

It cites the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs as the reasons. The United Nations is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The largest number …

UN: Record Number Of People Without Enough To Eat In 2021
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: Record Number Of People Without Enough To Eat In 2021

Huff Post  

The United Nations headquarters in New York on March 17, 2022. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images ROME — The United Nations said Wednesday that the number of people without enough to eat on a daily basis reached all-time high last year and is poised to hit “appalling” new levels as the Ukraine war affects global food production. The U.N. said …

UN: Record 193 million people faced food insecurity in 2021
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: Record 193 million people faced food insecurity in 2021

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 193 million people in 53 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2021, a jump of 40 million compared with 2020. The number of people without enough to eat on a daily basis has reached an all-time high last year and is poised to hit “appalling” new levels as the Ukraine war affects global food production, the United Nations said. …

UN food agency: 45 million people on the edge of famine
3 years, 1 month ago

UN food agency: 45 million people on the edge of famine

Al Jazeera  

The UN agency says global hunger spiked by three million within a year, with conflict, climate change and COVID main driving factors. The United Nations food agency has said that the number of people on the edge of famine across 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. The jump from 42 million people …

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger
3 years, 2 months ago

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger

Hindustan Times  

This year’s World Food Day finds us at a critical moment. Last month’s UN Food Systems Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, mapped out the broad outlines of how the world needs to move forward to transform agri-food systems. A groundbreaking World Food Forum was successfully convened here in the Italian capital early this month, powered by the …

Covid Triggered Biggest Increase In Hunger In Decades: UN
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid Triggered Biggest Increase In Hunger In Decades: UN

News 18  

The coronavirus pandemic caused an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing hunger, a UN report released on Monday found, dealing a massive setback to efforts to ensure everyone has access to food. The “economic downturns as a consequence of Covid-19 containment measures all over the world have contributed to one of the largest increases in world …

Every minute, 11 people die of hunger: Oxfam
3 years, 5 months ago

Every minute, 11 people die of hunger: Oxfam

Al Jazeera  

About 155 million people around the world live at crisis levels of food insecurity, 20 million more than last year, a new report says. Eleven people die every minute of hunger, according to a new report by Oxfam, which also found the number of those facing famine-like conditions globally has increased by six times over the past year. According to …

Millions staring at famine as food insecurity soars: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Millions staring at famine as food insecurity soars: Report

Al Jazeera  

Food insecurity and its impacts have been exacerbated in part by the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has found. Food insecurity in the world’s poorest countries reached record highs in 2020, with millions staring at famine, a situation exacerbated in part by the COVID pandemic, according to a UN report. From Haiti to Syria, some 155 million people across 55 …

Covid-19 Disrupted Food Security For Millions; Will Likely Reverse Progress on Ending Hunger by 2030: Dr Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Disrupted Food Security For Millions; Will Likely Reverse Progress on Ending Hunger by 2030: Dr Harsh Vardhan

News 18  

The Covid-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the food security and nutrition for millions of people around the world, and will likely reverse the progress made towards ending hunger by 2030, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has said. Addressing the 54th Commission on Population and Development on the theme Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development’ here …

COVID-19 and the risk of intergenerational malnutrition
4 years ago

COVID-19 and the risk of intergenerational malnutrition

Al Jazeera  

The calendar is about to turn the page over to a new year and that new year brings hope for a world currently gripped by a pandemic that has wreaked havoc for months. Third, the health crisis and the related lockdowns have led to reduced access to health and nutrition services and limited health resources have been diverted to front-line …

Covid Impact: As Millions Stare at Famine, Women and Girls at Greater Risk as They Eat Last and Least
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid Impact: As Millions Stare at Famine, Women and Girls at Greater Risk as They Eat Last and Least

News 18  

With millions on the brink of famine in four nations, women and girls will be hardest hit due to cultural beliefs and COVID-19’s economic impacts, the charity CARE said on Wednesday. “There is a huge risk that millions of women and girls around the world are already going hungry,” Sarah Fuhrman, a humanitarian policy specialist with CARE, told the Thomson …

2020 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, World Food Programme, is Waging War Against Hunger in the Pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

2020 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, World Food Programme, is Waging War Against Hunger in the Pandemic

News 18  

Earlier this month, the World Food Programme was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 for its initiatives to fight hunger and facilitate better conditions for promoting peace in conflict-affected areas. Recognising this close association of hunger and conflict, the Nobel committee decided to confer the ‘Peace prize’ on World Food Programme for their work on hunger. “This new report exposes …

World Food Programme | Leading the global fight against hunger
4 years, 2 months ago

World Food Programme | Leading the global fight against hunger

The Hindu  

The most devastating conflict of the 20th century, even arguably of all known history, was the Second World War. “In 1989, Operation Lifeline Sudan is launched: leading a consortium of UN agencies and charities alongside UNICEF, WFP releases 1.5 million tonnes of food into the skies above what has since become South Sudan. In the six decades since its founding, …

UN food chief urges rich to help keep millions from starving
4 years, 3 months ago

UN food chief urges rich to help keep millions from starving

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The World Food Program chief warned Thursday that millions of people are closer to starvation because of the deadly combination of conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic and he urged donor nations and billionaires to help feed them and ensure their survival. The U.N. program’s chief David Beasley told the U.N. Security Council that the response …

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