ADB to devote $14B to help ease food crisis in Asia-Pacific
2 years, 3 months ago

ADB to devote $14B to help ease food crisis in Asia-Pacific

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday it will devote at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific. The development lender said it plans a comprehensive program of support to help the 1.1 billion people in the region who lack healthy diets due to poverty and soaring food prices. “This is a timely and urgently needed response to a crisis that is leaving too many poor families in Asia hungry and in deeper poverty,” ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said. Last week, the U.N. food chief warned the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm,” urging donors, particularly Gulf nations and billionaires, to give a few days of profits to tackle a fertilizer supply crisis to prevent widespread food shortages next year.

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AP PHOTOS: Singapore gives the world a peek into our food future
1 year, 1 month ago

AP PHOTOS: Singapore gives the world a peek into our food future

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. In 2019 Singapore launched a program called 30 by …

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

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. Read our privacy policy The United Nations has been …

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday. “This year, 345 million people continue to be acutely food …

Investing more in food system transformations to feed the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Investing more in food system transformations to feed the world

China Daily  

Farmers harvest rice in Rizhao, Shandong province. Back in 2021, the United Nations Food Systems Summit committed to accelerate and deepen the transformative power of food systems for achieving the SDGs. Once again, at the Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment concluded this week, the global community came together to speak about the urgency of transforming food systems globally, for …

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 …

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

Associated Press  

LONDON — Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling. If the deal isn’t extended, “the countries that had relied on Ukraine for their imports …

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
1 year, 8 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 — …

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says
1 year, 8 months ago

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says

LA Times  

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 the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — had increased for …

World Food Program chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided
1 year, 11 months ago

World Food Program chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided

Associated Press  

DAVOS, Switzerland — The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely avert — famine in Somalia but stressed that “we’re not out of this yet.” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said countries in the Horn of Africa have faced …

Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world
2 years ago

Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world

Firstpost  

An enduring global food crisis has become one of the farthest-reaching consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine, contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths. “We’re dealing now with a massive food insecurity crisis,” Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said last month at a summit with African leaders in Washington. “It’s the product of a lot of things, …

Millions of Yemenis to go hungry as UN forced to slash food aid
2 years, 6 months ago

Millions of Yemenis to go hungry as UN forced to slash food aid

Al Jazeera  

UN’s World Food Programme says it will have to ration the food aid it sends to Yemen as a result of a lack of funding. The World Food Programme has announced further dramatic cuts to food aid in Yemen, leaving millions of Yemenis already suffering through war unable to get enough food. The WFP provides food aid to 13 million …

UN report: Ukraine war is increasing suffering of millions
2 years, 7 months ago

UN report: Ukraine war is increasing suffering of millions

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are increasing the suffering of millions of people by escalating food and energy prices and worsening a financial crisis, coming on top of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, a U.N. report said Wednesday. Global Crisis Response Group said the war “has exacerbated a global cost-of-living …

Risk of unprecedented global wave of hunger as Ukraine food harvests worse than feared
2 years, 7 months ago

Risk of unprecedented global wave of hunger as Ukraine food harvests worse than feared

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. The predictions come as the UN warned that the …

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The largest number of people are at risk of severe hunger across the region since 2014, and four countries — Burkina Faso, …

World facing ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says World Bank
2 years, 8 months ago

World facing ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says World Bank

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. Read our privacy policy The World Bank has warned …

Finance heads urged to boost fight against food insecurity
2 years, 8 months ago

Finance heads urged to boost fight against food insecurity

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged world finance leaders Tuesday to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made even worse. “This threat touches the most vulnerable people the hardest — families that are already spending disproportionate amounts of their income on …

Food supply chains are ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine, UN warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Food supply chains are ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine, UN warns

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. Read our privacy policy Food supply chains in Ukraine …

World Food Programme says food supply chains 'falling apart' in Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

World Food Programme says food supply chains 'falling apart' in Ukraine

The Hindu  

A World Food Programme official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with a portion of infrastructure destroyed and many grocery stores and warehouses empty. Movements of goods have slowed down due to insecurity and the reluctance of drivers," Jakob Kern, WFP Emergency Coordinator for the Ukraine crisis, told a Geneva press briefing by videolink from …

Russia's war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia's war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions

NPR  

Russia's war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions Enlarge this image toggle caption Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Russia's invasion of Ukraine isn't only jeopardizing the lives of Ukraine's citizens. Here are six takeaways: 1) The timing challenge While a military conflict in Ukraine was always going to have some …

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