Food waste index report 2024
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
Food Policy
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ECA and partners to fight food insecurity in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and partners have agreed to fight food insecurity on the Continent under shared frameworks. The partners are the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World
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Refugee council raises the alarm over children malnutrition in northeast, others
Egeland stressed that of this number, 450,000 were in Nigeria, 247,500 in Niger, 63,000 in Cameroon and 22,000 in Chad.He explained that 57 per cent of the funds needed to provide basic humanitarian needs
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Deadly malnutrition soars among children in Lake Chad amid Boko Haram resurgence
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of children suffering from life-threatening malnutrition across the Lake Chad Basin - about 800,000 - has soared since last year, and could spiral further
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UN Food agency chief warns of soaring hunger in Somalia
The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Jose Graziano da Silva has warned that there is increasing hunger in Africa due to factors including prolonged drought, floods and conflicts. Graziano
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Sh2.5bn needed to avert hunger
Although short rains are expected in a month’s time, the National Drought Management Authority says it will not be enough to end a looming shortage. “Staple food prices remain high, and incomes from
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Future diets in the developing world; questions, answers and gaps
As low-income countries develop, people’s diets change. They tend to move from being high in cereals (maize, rice, wheat), starchy staples (potato, cassava, plantain) and fibre, to more westernised patterns
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Africa Agriculture Status Report 2017
<p>Africa's food market may be worth more than US$1 trillion each year by 2030, according to this latest report on the state of agriculture in Africa.</p>
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Food insecurity in Asia: why institutions matter
Achieving food security is of utter importance in any nation. However, food insecurity still exists in many developing countries, with Asia home to almost 65% of the world’s undernourished. This calls
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One million face hunger in Zim
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping places a stone at the site of a weir dam wall, officially handing over a productive asset to the community of Shauke in Zvishavane yesterday Chinese Ambassador
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AfDB to invest $24 billion in Africa’s food sufficiency agenda
The African Development Bank, AfDB, plans to invest about $24 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the realisation of the food sufficiency agenda, its president, Akinwumi Adesina, said on Tuesday.