Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to this report by the United Nations agencies and development groups. According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million …
C Shivakumar | ENS India has about 48 per cent of undernourished children below five years, the largest in the world, according to a Unicef survey. The survey says India has an estimated 61 million stunted children, accounting for every three out of 10 stunted children in the developing world. …
Global Organisation for Human Empowerment and Rights (GOHER) foundation organised a festival for children' rights on the occasion of Universal Children Day, here on Friday. Executive Director of GOHER foundation, A.G. Chohan said that it was a fact that the condition of Pakistani children was worst in South Asia as …
The recent World Food Summit in Rome clearly failed to do its job. It did well to focus attention on the risk of food price shocks of the magnitude experienced in mid-2008, which led to civil unrest in over 30 countries. Yet it abjured its responsibility to the vision of …
Around 5,000 children under the age of five die in India every day, according to a latest Unicef report. With malnutrition rates continuing to be high, 96 per cent of children who die belong to the scheduled tribes, 88 per cent to scheduled castes and 59 to general population. "It …
Rome: Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by Unicef before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger. The head of a UN food agency called on the world to join him in a …
He Changchui The Third World Summit on Food Security will be held next week in Rome -- from November 16 to 18 NEVER IN THE history of mankind have so many people been so hungry. Despite rapid development, modern technology and burgeoning international trade, today an estimated 1.02 billion people …
More than one-fifth of Indians are still undernourished in terms of simple energy and protein intake, despite an increase in per capita availability of food commodities, Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said here on Friday. Addressing the fourth national conference on Krishi Vigyan Kendras at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University …
Being underweight in childhood, high blood pressure, unsafe sex, alcohol use and lack of clean water and sanitation have been cited as being responsible for a quarter of the 60 million deaths estimated to occur annually. According to a new World Health Organisation report, addressing these factors could increase life …
Faced with increasing global hunger, which exceeded a billion people following the food and financial crises, the international community is committed to redouble its efforts to fight hunger and malnutrition. This paper argues that whereas the overall global picture is not good, there are several examples of success
Climate change greatly increases the risk that the most basic rights of children in poor countries will not be met. These children are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming and yet least to blame. Save the Children
There is a need to reverse the long-term decline in investment in agriculture of developing countries and to create institutional capacities at global, regional and national levels that are able to assure universal access to adequate food. Investment in agriculture by both the public and private sectors has to be …
This new report by WFP details impact of climate change on hunger in developing countries. Predicts that by 2050 the number of people at risk of hunger as a result of climate change is expected to increase by 10 to 20 percent more than would be expected without climate change. …
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia appealed on Thursday for 159,410 tons of emergency aid to feed 6.2 million people, 25 years after more than a million perished in the country
Fr. Cedric Prakash Arecent visit by Supreme Court-appointed Justice Wadhwa Committee to Gujarat highlighted the state of food insecurity among the poor and marginalized of this
Parameters for assessment of status of malnutrition are going to be metamorphosed and according to new set of transformed parameters assessment of malnutrition will be done following World Health Organisation parameters. This new arrangement is being tested at Shivpuri, Guna and Ashok Nagar districts. Later this method of assessment will …
Population density intensifies in every country around the world. Recent statistics shows (World total population Wikipedia) the total population in the world is around 6.78 billion people whereas in 100 years before the overall population was approximately 2.0 billion. 100 years ago most of the countries were dependent on agriculture. …
This guide describes methods and tools with which to undertake a right to adequate food assessment. The guide attempts to be practical, and to provide the most relevant methodological and operational information. The material contained in the guide draws on lessons learned from FAO-supported country case studies on the right …
