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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AfDB supports enterprises in agri-business, approves USD 15 mn equity investment
In an effort to boost agri-business and enhance food security in Africa, the African Development Bank Board has approved a USD 15 million equity investment in Africa Food Security Fund (AFSF), to support
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Food crisis worsens in Sahel region: UN aid chief
The United Nations aid chief raised alarm on Tuesday over a worsening food crisis in the Sahel region that has sent malnutrition rates skyrocketing to their worst level since 2012. Nearly six million
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UN Says 6 Million Struggling to Get Food in Africa's Sahel
The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that nearly 6 million people are struggling to get food in West Africa's Sahel region and severe malnutrition is threatening the lives of 1.6 million children.
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EAC food security agenda tabled in Arusha
ARUSHA is hosting the 11th meeting of the Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security (SCAFS) which started yesterday and will continue till next Saturday at the East African Community headquarters
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Recipe for change: An agenda for a climate-smart and sustainable food system for a healthy Europe
In this report, a group of European Commission (EC) appointed experts recommend orientations for food and nutrition security research and innovation in the years to come. The report calls for a Research,
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S. Sudan worst-case hunger crisis looming, aid body warns
More civilians in South Sudan are without food in more places than ever before in the country’s history, an international aid agency warned, saying an upsurge in fighting, lack of access and attacks on
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Agriculture and economic transformation in the Middle East and North Africa: a review of the past with lessons for the future
Since the beginning of the Arab revolutions in 2010 and 2011, global attention to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has focused mainly on political transitions, instability, and the resulting refugee
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UN: More Than 1 Million Children Going Hungry in Mali
UNICEF is warning that hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children in Mali are at risk of dying, as the security situation in the country worsens. The United Nations reports that attacks
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In South Sudan, a Never-Ending Hunger Season Puts Millions in Danger
By February, once seen as a time of plenty, Nyabolli Chok had run out of food for her three children in their village here in South Sudan. She knew they had to leave. “We were eating leaves off of trees,”
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Less food wasted in South Africa than in Europe
Food waste in South Africa is lower than that in Europe but greater than in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Households in South Africa dispose of less food into the municipal bin than European households