Reform global financing system, fast-track climate action: UN Chief
Supporting developing world at core of strategies outlined by Antonio Guterres
3.9 million people in South Sudan facing severe hunger, says UN report
An analysis shows that at least 30,000 people are living in extreme conditions and are facing starvation and death
Seeds of hope
Northern Bangladesh successfully fights its age-old famine-like situation by creating a new cropping season and introducing lost indigenous rice …
Mautak will flower
In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…
Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine — and what that means for the global food system
Ukrainian grain is important for feeding the world and the the Black Sea is a vital route to getting it to people who need it.
Bamboo flowering
People in northeast India fear bamboo flowering. According to an ancient belief when bamboos flower, there is death and destruction.
$4.5 billion question
Where does Afghanistan go from here? Does it have the capacity to utilise the funds? There are too many players, too many interests and too much …
The Die Hards
Despite marathon wars, Afghan resilience is intact. So is their affiliation to localised independence
Capturing the monsoons
It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …
How Ethiopia’s conflict has affected farming in Tigray
While it was in a minimal food insecurity situation before the war, the larger part of Tigray has now entered emergency and famine conditions
Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet. Wealthy countries, pay your dues
Over 300,000 people in Somalia may be in famine by December
Locust invasion
SOMALIA
Ethiopia
Somalia on verge of being hit by famine
About 250,000 people had died in the famine that hit the Horn of Africa in 2011
FAO
NORTH KOREA
Quarter of a billion people are facing acute hunger: Report
Key drivers of this crisis were economic shocks, conflicts & climate extremes
Somalia: Drought forced more than 450,000 people from their homes this year
Around 1.4 million children could be acutely malnourished by mid-year
Green sees red
Close to famine
ETHIOPIA
In Yemen, seven million people on the brink of famine: FAO Director-General
About 17 million people, two-thirds of the population, are severely food insecure
Bunnies to the rescue