Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report
Why India needs climate resilient agriculture systems
Temperature rise is likely to show serious effects on crop yields. High temperatures may reduce crop duration, permit changes in photosynthesis, …
IPES report highlights global hunger crisis amid high debt
World’s poorest countries saw the costs of servicing their debt increase by 35 per cent in 2022
Trade in good food can end global hunger: report
Food regulation should be such that that healthy food is protected, not just food in general, says a new report
COVID-19 lockdowns may be over but poor still go hungry
At least 4,000 vulnerable and marginalised populations surveyed across 11 states; 2/3 say they eat less now
Gender gaps in food: 150 million more women went hungry than men in 2021
Over 800 million went hungry last year; Gender equality and food security directly related, says report
Food for all to free for all: Unconcerned WTO make matters worse
This is the second part to the report ‘Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine’
Higher quality seeds can help beat Africa’s ‘hunger pandemic’
One useful intervention would be to organise farming communities — or seed producer groups — into business entities
US elections 2020: Trumped by hunger
US presidential candidates aren’t known to talk hunger; but they do talk inequality. This year, the pandemic and racial polarisation made …
Starvation, disease: Tribes of Lower Omo bear the brunt of development projects
Oakland Institute report looks into condition of Ethiopian Indigenous communities displaced for dams, sugarcane plantations
Use DMF funds effectively to fight hunger and child malnutrition
The money provides enormous scope to scale up intervention and meet national and SDG targets at the time of a slipping hunger index
India is reeling under hunger. Will government intervention during COVID-19 help?
Data on nutrition status during COVID-19 could help improve future nutrition programmes in India
NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India
Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019
Worrying picture emerges about India’s SDG indicators on food and agriculture
Cultivable land in India, which is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, is vulnerable to drought, floods and degradation
‘Over 22 million in Ethiopia facing severe food crisis’
Back-to-back droughts causing food emergency, children at high risk of death from malnutrition, says non-profit
G20 Summit: Oxfam urges action on COVID-19, climate, poverty and hunger
G20 leaders have a choice to either take urgent action or continue what they are doing, Oxfam says
1.9 billion in Asia-Pacific cannot afford healthy diet: UN report
At the same time, an estimated 14.5 million children under five were overweight or obese in 2020
Dignity at the end of life: a Malawian nursing study shows the impact of food
Food security emerged as a critical concern in the study, that has significant consequences for dying women’s dignity. There are …
Can India reduce food wastage with community refrigerators?
Community refrigerators have helped reduce food wastage in the UAE, Germany and France. India too can popularise and scale up the initiative
Poor land use can cost the world $23 trillion by 2050
If the world spends even a fraction of the predicted loss, it can reverse land degradation, which affects the poorest the most
Quinoa production rises by 72% in more than a decade
From 2000 to 2014, quinoa production increased by 72% in Peru, Bolivia and Eucador, the world's biggest quinoa producers, says a new report
Artificial Intelligence, satellite-driven crop monitoring to help Kenya farmers boost yield
Climate crisis making farmers increasingly vulnerable; digital platform will enable farmers and decision-makers to get precise information about …
Need food system overhaul to combat global hunger: Report
Promoting consumption model and regenerative production practices, supporting development of diverse distribution market networks is need of the hour
World off-track to meet SDGs; global hunger back to 2005 levels, says UN secretary general
Halfway to 2030, a third of the goals have stalled or gone into reverse, emissions continue to rise & gender equality is 300 years away, says …
Carved in stone: What are these warning signs that Europe’s drought has revealed
Hunger stones are a common hydrological marker in the region that date back to the pre-instrumental era