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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U.N. steps up delivery of fishing gear to fight South Sudan famine
The United Nations said it was ramping up deliveries of fishing kits to famine-hit areas of South Sudan to help some of the 100,000 people facing imminent starvation in the war-ravaged country. The
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Thousands of hungry South Sudan refugees flee to Sudan
Tired and hungry, Rebecca James is one of hundreds of South Sudanese – mainly women and children – who gathered Monday in a “refugee center” in Al-Eligat, in southern neighboring Sudan, some ten kilometers
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Hunger pangs: food (in)security in Tanzania
Seventy-eight per cent of people in rural and urban areas have experienced food shortages in the last five months, according to a new report by the advocacy organisation Twaweza. Eighty-four per cent
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Regional overview of food security and nutrition in Africa 2016: the challenges of building resilience to shocks and stresses
Some 153 million people, representing about 26 percent of the population above 15 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa, suffered from severe food insecurity in 2014-15, according to a new FAO report. The
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Famine strikes in South Sudan, as people in four countries face starvation
The United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan said Monday that 100,000 people “are already starving” in the country. In some areas in Unity state, in the north of the country, more than 30%
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Cucumber seeds and beekeeping kits: the new ways of fighting famine
Step out of Juba’s makeshift tented terminal and you’ll see them lined up along the tarmac as far as the eye can see: hulking white cargo planes stamped with the acronyms of UN aid agencies and NGOs.
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East Africa: Pastoralists Move to North Uganda in Search of Food
As Uganda grapples with food insecurity, which is termed as a near crisis, it is also dealing with an influx of internal and external pastoralists searching for water and pasture for their livestock in
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Somalia food crisis at 'tipping point' with country heading towards famine in matter of weeks
Three-month old Abshir, pictured at Garowe General Hospital in Puntland, Somalia, is suffering from malnutrition-related complications pictures by: Tom Pilston/Save the Children Somalia is at “tipping
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Agro-forestry project to improve food security launched in Kigali
A five-year project to improve food security and small-holder farmers’ livelihoods in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda has been launched by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Kigali. The project is
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Sh24bn needed to fight hunger, says State House
More than Sh24 billion is needed to cater for those areas worst-hit by drought, the government announced yesterday. State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu (pictured) said the government has secured