This special report from the World Peace Foundation documents how Ethiopian and Eritrean belligerents in the war in Tigray have comprehensively dismantled the region’s economy and food system. It provide evidence of their ongoing actions to deprive people of objects and activities indispensable to their survival—actions that amount to international …
A surge in the number of emaciated children arriving at a feeding centre in Leer, a muddy rebel-held town in South Sudan's oil-rich Unity State, is fuelling fears that the world's newest nation is on the brink of famine. Food stocks are running low across conflict-ravaged northern regions of the …
MITHI: The relief inspecting judge for Tharparkar, Mian Fayyaz Rabbani, has urged the government to pay attention to the ‘alarming situation’ in this district as the aggravating drought may cause more human lives. Speaking to the media during his visit to the Mithi Civil Hospital, Mr Rabbani observed that thousands …
State food minister Jyotipriya Mullick on Tuesday seemed to be substantiating his claims that the seven deaths at a Raipur tea garden were due to “natural causes” by quoting from a report filed by a medical health officer in the district. Citing the medical report, Mullick claimed that three persons, …
Project soon for each to have access to sufficient food Odisha will soon launch a zero hunger challenge project in collaboration with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP). Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday gave a green signal to the project proposal whose objective is to eliminate hunger in …
An Obama administration program set up to reduce chronic hunger and poverty has contributed to rising incomes for farmers around the world and has helped save millions of people from starvation, according to a report released Monday by the United States Agency for International Development. The program, Feed the Future, …
Minister for Excise and Taxation, Finance Mian Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman has said that by increasing the health budget up to Rs 102 billion to poor and resource less people, whereas, huge amount of Rs 7.5 billon is being spent on the provision of free treatment and medicines to the …
Country’s Hunger Index Has Dropped Three Points, But Stays In ‘Alarming’ Category: Global Hunger Report In a striking irony, the number of hungry people in the world was estimated at 842 million in 2011-13 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on Monday even as world cereal production was …
But level of hunger remains at ‘alarming levels’, says report India has improved its ranking from 65 to 63 in the Global Hunger Index, making a marginal improvement since 2012, but continues to languish far behind other emerging economies. The score for the country improved slightly from 22.9 in 2012 …
Global Ministerial meet seeks policy convergence for better food security Union Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Monday told the FAO Committee on World Food Security that India’s new food law would ensure equitable distribution of food grains to all sections. “India’s new Act marks a paradigm shift from the welfare …
India, the world’s second biggest wheat and rice grower, saw the number of people who suffered from chronic hunger drop by 6.5% to 21.38 crore during 2011-13, according to a joint report by UN food agencies. During 2008-10, as many as 22.86 crore people were undernourished in the country, it …
Under the new Companies Act, 2013, all profitable companies with a sizeable business will have to spend every year at least 2% of 3 year average profit on CSR works Expecting an annual CSR spending of Rs 15,000-20,000 crore by India Inc, Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot has asked companies …
The Congress-ruled Assam government will roll out the UPA government's ambitious Food Security Scheme on November 19, coinciding with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, said Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here today. Gogoi said around 2.25 crore people from around 40 lakh families will benefit from …
FAO Hails Bugs As An Underutilized Food For People, Livestock And Pets Rome: The UN has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of …
Nobel laureate upset at disruption of Parliament by Opposition Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is upset that disruption of Parliament has held up passage of important legislation including the UPA’s flagship National Food Security Bill. He feels that if the Bill is not passed — even if without amendments — several …
The Pakistan Kissan Trust (PKT) has raised alarm about the severe food security in four districts of South Punjab, warning that 80.41 percent people of these district take meal only twice a day. The situation was revealed in a survey report presented by the Pakistan Kissan Trust (PKT) at a …
IMPHAL: Manipur was one of the eight States rewarded for significant agricultural productions. President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee handed over to Chief Minister Okram Ibobi a cash of Rs 2 crore, one citation and one certificate in a solemn function held today at Rashtrapati Bhavan. From among the small State category …
Bhubaneswar: Shedding its image of abject poverty, starvation and child selling, Odisha in recent years has embraced growth and prosperity by adopting certain fiscal corrective measures and attracting huge private capital, said speakers at the ‘Resurgent Odisha’ seminar organized by The Times of India in Bhubaneswar on Friday. CM Naveen …
This report titled, “Human Rights in India – Status Report 2012,” provided a general overview of the most critical human rights issues in India. It included: information gathered from the various consultations held across India from August to October 2011; relevant case studies; WGHR’s initial response to the Government of …
Hunger and malnutrition are critical issues in the country and therefore, Delhi FoodBank, started in 2012 and run by the Aidmatrix Foundation, created a Food Bank to address the problem and reach out to all those who needed help ADITI SHARMA orld Food Day is celebrated every year, around the …
Social Distribution, Not Lack Of Food, Cause Of Hunger: UN New Delhi: Rising food prices during 2010-11 may have pushed three million Bangladeshis into poverty and kept eight million Indians from getting out of the poverty bracket, a UN report released on Thursday said. In the Asia-Pacific region, food inflation …
