More: food security
Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life
Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
West Africa: Extreme poverty rises nearly 3 per cent due to COVID-19
Extreme poverty in West Africa rose by nearly three per cent in 2020, another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN-backed report launched on...
FAO launches $138 million plan to avert hunger crisis in Horn of Africa
More than $138 million is needed to assist rural communities affected by extended drought in the Horn of Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture...
Sudan: Looting in Darfur, leaves 730,000 without enough to eat
The UN chief condemned on Wednesday the looting and attacks against United Nations facilities, equipment and supplies gifted to the Sudanese authorities for civilian in El Fasher, Darfur.
Last Tuesday evening, a...
Ramification of Food Insecurity in Pakistan: Policy Recommendations and Way Forward
Abstract: Pakistan is experiencing one of the most challenging periods in its history. During the last two decades, Pakistan's food security has been under...
Afghan crisis emerged as the biggest human-made disaster
The situation in Afghanistan has emerged as the biggest human-made crisis, where almost half of the 40 million people are facing a shortage of...
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for...
Should we start rethinking urban agriculture and food provisioning?
With rising global environmental effects and food production and consumption security challenges, establishing sustainable and resilient food systems will necessitate innovative methods, technologies, techniques,...
35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel
Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the...
Observing The Effectiveness of Indonesia’s Food Estate Program
Food security is again a public concern and discussion, this is related to the post-COVID-19 situation. The discussion was motivated by the disruption of...