Food security

It is becoming more and more difficult for the international community to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2, “No Hunger”. Since 2017, the number of people going hungry has been on the increase, and Russia’s war…

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Food security

We are living in times of multiple crises. Given climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Welthungerhilfe is warning of rising numbers of hunger victims.

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Food security

The report provides fresh evidence that the world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.

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Nutrition

Taking Biodiversity Focus Areas under production or abandoning lower yielding, more extensive production systems is the wrong approach to mastering the looming global food crisis, our authors maintain.

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Food security

“Worryingly, many vulnerable countries are paying more but receiving less food,” writes FAO in its latest Food Outlook.

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Food security

Many countries depend on grain imports from Ukraine. Due to the war, poorer countries in particular are now facing famine. Innovative approaches are needed.

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Food security

World food prices are continuing to soar; even though they had already reached a provisional all-time high in February 2022, FAO reported a new peak for March.

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Food security

Cereal production in some parts of the Sahel has dropped dramatically, while food prices have increased and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to cause a significant drop in wheat availability for six West…

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Nutrition

Aquatic foods and food systems have long lived in the shadow in agricultural research. Last year’s award of the World Food Prize could change this. Prize recipient Shakuntala Thilsted on healthy nutrition for the poor…

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Food security

Led by vegetable oils and dairy products, the FAO Food Price Index rises to a new record high. Early forecasts point to strong prospects for maize and wheat in the year ahead.

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