Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
World leaders must take swift, coordinated action to ensure that food price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe that could hurt tens of millions of people in coming months, the United Nations' food agencies said in a statement on Tuesday. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis …
Across the mid and far western hill and mountain districts, the population suffering from food insecurity is estimated to be around 0.49 million in the first quarter of the year 2012. “The number has increased compared to the previous quarter though it is slightly less than the same time last …
A coordinated plan of five ministries to accelerate the reduction of maternal and child under-nutrition in the country is taking pace, officials said. National Planning Commission has recently prepared a six-year plan to improve the nutrition of babies up to two years of age through the coordinated efforts of the …
The UN warns that a million children in Africa's Sahel region face malnutrition due to drought in region. In all 15 million people face food insecurity in eight nations across the Sahel, a region that is still recovering from drought and a food crisis of 2010. Un some countries the …
At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 missing after flash floods hit a wedding party and three villages in northern Afghanistan, an official said Monday. Most of the victims were women and children as the floods, caused by heavy rains, swept through areas of Deh Mardan district …
New Delhi In a bid to reduce pilferage of grain, food ministry and UN body World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for scaling up the modernisation of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). WFP, which is currently supporting a pilot project in Orissa’s Rayagada districts, …
Global food prices rose in March for a third straight month with more hikes to come, the UN's food agency said on Thursday, adding to fears of hunger and a new wave of social unrest in poor countries. Record high prices for staple foods last year were one of the …
Conflict, population displacement and high food prices mean millions of people in South Sudan face hunger this year, two U.N. food agencies said on Wednesday. The number of people with insecure food supplies has risen to 4.7 million in 2012 from 3.3 million in 2011, a report by the Food …
The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom and the United Nations World Food Programme will provide much-needed support for 150,000 people affected by recent floods and water-logging in Satkhira. The donation of £440,000 ($679,000) will support displaced women, men and children by providing a one-off cash grant of …
Brazil is a world leader in the fight against hunger and its experience can be shared with other countries, visiting World Food Program chief Josette Sheeran said Monday. "As a world champion in the fight against hunger, Brazil has a wealth of experience that can be shared with governments eager …
World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a critical shortfall of $109 million for floods operation in Sindh and Balochistan, WFP spokesman Amjad Jamal told APP on Friday. “WFP has only supplies to continue distributions in flood-hit areas until the end of November, leaving no option but to cut the ration …
Responding positively to the United Nations appeal, the Netherlands provided humanitarian assistance worth four million euro to the flood victims of Sindh. The amount would be utilised for purchasing and transporting food items to the flood-hit areas with the collaboration of the World Food Programme. The amount provided by the …
Food commodity prices are likely to stay high and volatile during the next few years because of rising demand, more frequent extreme weather and the biofuel industry, according to a report from the UN’s agriculture agencies. Rising food prices and increasing volatility have become a big political and economic problem, …
In response to appeals by Pakistan to international community for humanitarian relief assistance for victims of recent floods in the country, Government of Brazil will distribute up to 710,000 tons of food items. It comprises 500,000 tons rice, 100,000 tons brown beans, 100,000 tons maize, 10,000 tons dried full milk …
KARACHI: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking urgent donor support to help farmers in Sindh hit by rain and floods that were worse than 2010’s devastating flooding. Heavy monsoon rains that began in mid-August destroyed or damaged 73 percent of crops and 67 percent of food stocks in …
Around 20,000 families in four districts of flood-hit Sindh province have been provided one month ration during last one week. The World Food Programme (WFP), which has initially targeted five districts in the province, will also start distributing ration in Tharparkar from Friday, Communication Officer of WFP Amjad Jamal said. …
The World Food Programme (WFP) will start a new Bangladesh programme in January to assist 4 million hungry, vulnerable and malnourished people at a cost of nearly $340 million. The UN agency's last project operated between 2007 and 2010. It was later extended by a year to the end of …
India will not impose export duty and other restrictions on food purchases by the United Nations World Food Programme, joining a global initiative to tackle scarcity of food and volatility in its prices. “The issue was discussed at the G-20 and the government will support the proposal,” a finance ministry …
Existing targets for biofuels and other forms of bioenergy are based on flawed carbon accounting and should be revised downwards, a draft report by a panel of 19 top European scientists showed. "It is widely assumed that bioenergy is inherently carbon-neutral -- however this assumption is flawed," said the Scientific …
India will provide humanitarian assistance of $8 million to the African countries afflicted by severe famine and drought such as Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti. With the issue of piracy being of “considerable concern” for New Delhi, India is also considering extending technical assistance to Somalia in developing a counter piracy …
