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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Africa Tops Global Hunger Index, Driven by War, Climate Shocks
Global hunger has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but conflict and climate shocks are beginning to reverse these gains, an annual global hunger index said Thursday. Nearly half of the 119 countries
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3.4 million facing risk of starvation
More than three million people are staring at starvation as drought worsens in most parts of Northern Kenya, according to the World Food Programme WFP requires Sh2.1 billion to tackle acute malnutrition
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Rising number of children prey to deadly malnutrition in conflict-hit Mali: UN
Tens of thousands of children in Mali are prey to life-threatening malnutrition as violence and displacement fuel a deepening nutrition crisis in the West African nation, the United Nations children's
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Tensions flare as food rations to refugees slashed by half in Uganda
The flood of people fleeing South Sudan, coupled with delays and constraints on funding, has lead to food rations to refugees being slashed by half. According to agencies working on the ground in Uganda,
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FAO calls for new food systems to conquer malnutrition in all its forms
Companies and consumers must step up their efforts to overhaul the world's food systems at a time when the twin spectres of hunger and obesity are both on the rise, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da
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Panorama of food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
The total number of persons that suffer from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased, reversing decades of progress, even as overweight and obesity emerged as a major problem in all countries
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2017
Millions of young people in developing countries who are poised to enter the labour force in the coming decades need not flee rural areas to escape poverty, argues a new FAO report published. Rural areas
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Scientist says land degradation fuels food insecurity in Eastern Africa
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Land degradation is to blame for food insecurity in Eastern Africa region, a Kenyan scientist said on Friday. Eunice Wangui, a senior Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technician
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The 1.5 Billion people question: food, vouchers, or cash transfers?
Most of the people in low and middle-income countries covered by social protection receive assistance in the form of in-kind food. The origin of such support is rooted in countries’ historical pursuit
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New index to help investors gauge food diversity
LONDON (Reuters) - An EU-funded index measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, giving investors a benchmark for assessing how companies and governments are making