![Niger, Tahoua. A skeletal child receives emergency food through a tube at an emergency feeding center in Niger. Malnutrition is a serious problem each year in Niger, the drought and famine brought it to catastrophic proportions. [Date picture taken: 2005/08/08] © Edward Parsons/IRIN](https://www.worldhunger.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/niger_child_cropped_final-1200x448.jpg)
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Global
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A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World
When the Indian government bowed to powerful food companies last year and postponed its decision to put red warning labels on unhealthy packaged food, officials also sought to placate critics of the delay by creating an expert panel to review the pro...
United States
Our Food is Killing Too Many of Us
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Knowing more about money can help strengthen food security, too
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United States
In Stockton, Early Clues Emerge About Impact of Guaranteed Income
Researchers in California are providing $500 per month to a selected group of low-income recipients and tracking their spending. Eight months into the 18-month program, they've found that 40% of tracked money was spent on food....
United States
Our Food Is Killing Too Many of Us
Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Mr. ...
United States
Texas Hunger Initiative Launches Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Newly named collaborative will become the umbrella entity for THI, as well as interdisciplinary research, Global Hunger and Migration Project and Hunger Data Lab...
Americas
Trump Froze Aid To Guatemala. Now Programs Are Shutting Down
Programs supporting agricultural development and providing extra cash for food are closing....
United States
Commentary: ‘I’m starving’ means true hunger for too many in Chicago
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United States
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Our Food is Killing Too Many of Us by Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman
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Knowing more about money can help strengthen food security, too by Nusaiba Mizan
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In Stockton, Early Clues Emerge About Impact of Guaranteed Income by Sarah Holder
Africa
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WFP Warns of ‘Unprecedented’ Food Emergency in Burkina Faso
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Look beyond maize to ensure food security
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Growing Food From Air in Nigeria
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Asia
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To Survive in a Wetter World, Raise Ducks, Not Chickens
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Why South Korea Is Sending $8 Million In Food Aid To North Korea
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What North Korea’s Markets Could Tell Us About Its Food Security
by Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Opinion
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Malnutrition in Humanitarian Crises: The Will to End a Preventable Disease
by Muriel Bassil -
Aid groups need a major shake-up to meet the challenges of a fractured world by Simon O'Connell
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In modern Britain, hunger has become normal. That is an outrage by Shaista Aziz
Global
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One in three young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF
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A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World
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Eight Innovations Ending Food Loss
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Agriculture & Nutrition
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Malnutrition in Humanitarian Crises: The Will to End a Preventable Disease
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The hidden hunger affecting billions
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Book Reviews
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Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong
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‘How to Feed the World’ offers practical, positive solutions to food insecurity
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26 Films Every Food Activist Must Watch
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