More: food security
COVID-19: The global food supply chain is holding up, for now
The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain, but that could change for the worse –...
Coronavirus pandemic threatens to plunge millions in Arab region into poverty and food insecurity
COVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued...
Zimbabwe’s Unprecedented Misfortune: The Perils of Climate Change
Remarkably, the El Nino effect is ghosting
human lives back again; Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is reaching dangerous levels
whilst ground policies are taking strange turns. Time...
EU fertilizer regulations: What are the consequences for the European food chain?
European food security is at risk from
well-meaning, but problematic regulations representing elements of the European
Union’s Circular Economy Package 2018. While capping cadmium content in
phosphate...
Global Leaders Unite Under the Food Action Alliance to Deliver a Better Future for People and Planet
The World Economic Forum, the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)and Rabobank, together with a growing roster of
private and public sector partners have come together...
Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020
At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP)
forecast of global hunger hotspots has revealed that escalating hunger will
challenge sub-Saharan...
WFP calls for increased support as eight million in Zimbabwe face hunger
The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on countries to step
up support to Zimbabwe, where millions of people are facing hunger brought
on by prolonged drought and economic meltdown.
Nearly...
Climate change: Scientists warn over impact on food security and oceans
UN climate scientists presented MEPs with new
evidence on how climate change is affecting food production and oceans.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is
the United...
Human and food security in South Asia
Authors: Areeja Syed and Fatima Ahmed
This world in which we are living is a
very insecure and prone place where problems like poverty, crisis, conflicts,...
USAID 58 years on: Perspective on Aid and Humanitarian Assistance in a Changing world
The year
2019 manifest a very significant milestone in the history of United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) on its 58th anniversary. Way back
in 196Os...