![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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One in six children in America live in fear of hunger
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Western Sidney University invests $5m into food security research
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Change in law means thousands more SF residents will receive food stamps
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We’re becoming desensitised to poverty in the UK – it’s time the government made food a basic right
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New Program Combats Food Deserts With Discounted Rides To Southeast Grocery Stores by Sasha-Ann Simons
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Northwest Arkansas Hunger Relief, Inc. Provides Aid to Other Agencies Battling Hunger
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Asia
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Hunger risk for tamariki
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India Not On Track To Reach 2025 Nutrition Targets Or Achieve Zero Hunger By 2030
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Top 10 Facts About Hunger in the Philippines
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Opinion
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Sustainable Development Depends on Better Nutrition for All Nations by Dr. Lawrence Haddad & Dr. David Nabarro
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Solving Dietary Issues Through Public Private Partnerships: An Example from the Field by Paul Sommers
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Solving Hunger? by Gary Kilmer
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Yemen’s food crisis 10 times worse than South Sudan, says UN
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Western Sidney University invests $5m into food security research
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Agriculture & Nutrition
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‘How to Feed the World’ offers practical, positive solutions to food insecurity
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