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People in developed countries often took food security for granted over the years but that changed dramatically last spring when Covid-19 led to a wave of panic buying that left supermarket ...
An estimated 900 million people are now confined to their homes across the world in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. The rollout of lockdown measures resulted in chaotic scenes in ...
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it comes to hunger, understanding is action. If we know what these words mean in human terms, we ...
$1.7bn are still needed for food security and agriculture, and $10m for logistics. After more than 10 years of conflict, Syrians are facing unprecedented levels of poverty and food insecurity.
highlighting the role of family farms in providing both food security and livelihood. 2014 is also the “International Year of Family Farming,” as declared by the UN General Assembly.
Another concern is corruption at the local level. The WFP calls it a “hindrance” to achieving food and nutrition security.
That’s why Paul C. West and a team of researchers developed a set of ways to improve global food security. “Our aim in writing this paper was to do an analysis that highlights that the ...