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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Kenya: At Least 20 Million People Facing Starvation
At least 20 million people are facing starvation with 11.2 million in dire need of food in the Horn of Africa due to drought. There were two consecutive poor rain seasons in 2016. On Tuesday, Mahboub
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Hundreds too weak as famine ravages region
Yier Bokoch, 28, crawls out of his tiny hut in Nan'golei village in the border trading centre of Illeret but he is too weak to stand up. His young wife Krowl and neighbours try to lift him up but he only
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Swaziland: 250,000 Swazi Still Need Food Aid
At the same time that King Mswati III told his subjects that Swaziland had been saved from the drought because people believed in God, the World Food Program reported 250,000 Swazi people would need assistance
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Nigerian government adopts measures to reduce food prices
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has adopted some measures to reduce the price of food items. This was revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, on Wednesday while addressing State
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Kenya: Each County to Give Sh1 Million to Contain Famine- Munya
Nairobi — As the ravaging drought continues to affect about 1.3 million Kenyans with estimates that the number of those in need of food and water will rise to 2.7 million by end of February, Governors
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Kenya: Number of Kenyans Facing Starvation Rises By 1.4m
The number of Kenyans in need of relief food has risen to 2.7 million from 1.3 million last year, a government agency has said. The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said most of those affected
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Kenya: Dropout Rate Likely to Increase As Hunger Continues
Thousands of learners in the North Rift could drop out of school because of the hunger ravaging the region, officials say. In West Pokot County, more than 40,000 pupils are going hungry after the World
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Kenya: Number of Kenyans Facing Starvation Rises By 1.4m
The number of Kenyans in need of relief food has risen to 2.7 million from 1.3 million last year, a government agency has said. The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said most of those affected
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Malawi: Nsanje Chiefs Angry With 'Sex for Food' Report in Malawi Press
Chiefs in Nsanje have reacted angrily to a survey report which says traditional leaders in Nsanje are soliciting sex from flood victim women in exchange for government donated relief food. Link for
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Over 2 million Kenyans at risk of starvation
Animal carcasses littered the fields and stench of dead animals pervaded the air in Kenya’s Marsabit County on Wednesday (February 1), the result of a prolonged period of drought which destructed forage