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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Funding urgently needed to support hungry refugees in Ethiopia: UN agencies
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR have appealed for 80 million U.S. dollars to provide food assistance for refugees located in Ethiopia. The two UN agencies announced in
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UNICEF to spend 30 mln euros to tackle malnutrition in South Sudan
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said it will use over 30 million euros received from the German government to tackle high malnutrition among children and provide safe water
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29 African countries need food aid: FAO report
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said 29 African countries out of 37 are currently in need of external food assistance, unchanged from November 2017. The UN food agency listed the countries
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Tillerson Offers $533 Million in Food Aid for African Famine
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced $533 million in new aid to fight famine in East Africa and the Lake Chad region, in a move aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment as he embarks on a five-nation
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Somalia at risk of falling back into famine
Somalia will plunge back into famine if humanitarian aid is pulled out of the Horn of Africa country, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a statement Monday. The statement came ahead of the
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Funding urgently needed to support hungry refugees in Ethiopia: UN agencies
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR have appealed for 80 million U.S. dollars to provide food assistance for refugees located in Ethiopia. The two UN agencies announced in
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Under-pressure donors urged to help avoid famine in Somalia
The competing demands of numerous global crises mean some 2.7 million people in Somalia who need food are at risk of being ignored by donors, increasing the country's likelihood of famine, aid agencies
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Sudan: Staple Food Prices Continue to Rise in Sudan- FAO
Rome — Prices of wheat, sorghum, and millet, the main staples in Sudan, rose sharply for the third consecutive month in January, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its latest
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No relief in sight for millions facing acute famine in the Coast
Residents of Mariango and Mitangani village in Kilifi County in search of water after almost all rivers and water points went dry last year. There has been a prolonged [File, Standard] Thousands of households
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Nearly half of S. Sudan’s population need food assistance: report
The warning comes after three United Nations agencies warned that 7 million people in South Sudan risk facing severe food insecurity in the coming months without sustained humanitarian assistance and access