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Food Systems
"Coming Food Crisis" Predicted in Financial Times Essay
April 18, 2026 In a major Weekend Essay, Adam Hanieh, writing in the Financial Times British newspaper on April 17 2025, warns that the current Middle East conflict will cause a world food crisis. Hunger and even famine are f...
Africa
Further Increases of Starvation in Darfur, Sudan
April 12, 2026 The arid, poor, western region of Sudan, called Darfur, has been a complex emergency for twenty-three years, with mass displacement and an increasing problem of starvation and malnutrition. Aid to prevent starvation is prevented b...
Middle East
Lebanon's 2026 Conflict and Displacement Increase Malnutrition
April 8, 2026: An estimated 1.65 million people in Lebanon are vulnerable to increased food shortages and malnutrition due to the combination of conflict, bombardment, displacement and denied access of food shipments. The conflict between Israel an...
Student Resources
Huub Lelieveld Honored with World Food Prize for Fighting Food-Borne Illness
The 2026 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Huub Lelieveld for his long-term dedication to establishing standards that prevent diseases transmitted through food. Dr. Lelieveld, a Dutch food scientist, promoted the standardization of technologies suc...
Student Resources
Yu Ying Public Charter School Students Investigate Hunger
World Hunger Education Service was invited to meet with a group of 5th graders at Yu Ying Public Charter School in Northeast Washington, DC to talk with them about hunger in the worl...
Asia
Paul Ehrlich, Who Warned of Famines, Passes Away
Scientist, educator and global citizen, Paul Ehrlich passed away at the age of 93 on March 13, 2026. As professor from 1959 to 2016 at Stanford University, he sponsored the first course offered about international hunger and life-saving aid, cons...
Agriculture & Nutrition
Fertilizer Prices and Hunger Increase from Middle East War
Malnutrition rates are likely to increase worldwide due to fertilizers becoming less available. The primary driver for significant increases in fertilizer prices is the disruption of nitrogen and phosphate production from the current war in the M...
Asia
Debate over Child Malnutrition in Gujarat, India
In his book Development as Freedom, Nobel-prize winning scholar Amartya Sen wrote that “no famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,” tying that claim to ...
Asia
Increased Hunger and Conflict in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is currently facing a severe food insecurity crisis driven by several compounding factors. According to the UNHCR, in 2025, both Pakistan and Iran tightened their migration policies, forcing large numbers of Afghan refugees to return to...
Africa
In Memoriam: Arthur Eugene 'Gene' Dewey, A Life of Service and Compassion
Gene Dewey, who passed away on February 22nd, was one of the great humanitarian leaders of his generation, inspiring many people and managing to move food and relief supplies to needed areas over the course of several d...
Global
New Global Survey of Food Resilience, by the Economist
Economist Impact's inaugural Resilient Food Systems Index (RFSI), supported by Cargill, benchmarks food system resilience across 60 countries usin...
Global
Food Fortification Efficiently Prevents Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency
A new analysis of food fortification programs finds that the fortification of consumer foods is cost-effective in the majority of contexts in reducing deficiency diseases of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). The findings are available online,...
Middle East
Threat of Child Malnutrition in Iran Amid U.S.–Iran Conflict
The U.S.–Iran war that began today, 28 February 2026, threatens to sharply worsen malnutrition among children under five in low-income urban neighborhoods of strike zones (Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah) and in rural border provinces (e....
Anti-Hunger Organizations
Concern for Sudan
World Hunger Education Service made its annual anti-hunger award, including our recommendation and a cash grant to Concern Worldwide for its food and nutrition assistanc...
Anti-Hunger Organizations
HOPE in Gaza
Project HOPE is the recipient of a donation by the World Hunger Education Service (WHES), a non-profit dedicated to educating the public about solving hunger which selected Project Hope to highlight and affirm its excelle...
Anti-Hunger Organizations
"11.5: Edge of Life" Campaign Targets to Reduce Deaths from Severe Wasting Malnutrition
A new global initiative to treat children with severe, wasting (short term) malnutrition was announced this past week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates. The global campaign is called "The 11.5: E...
Global
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Food Fortification Efficiently Prevents Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency
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Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
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Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
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Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
by WHES Team
Agriculture & Nutrition
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A Troubling Forecast: Early Warning Systems Signal Deepening Global Hunger in 2026
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Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
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The Regenerative Agriculture Solution – a Review
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Book Reviews
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Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future
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Essentials of Public Health Communication: A Valuable Book and Curricula
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Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
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Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
On Resilience
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Food Insecurity Impairs Resilience and Elevates Distress in Young Adults
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Book Review: We Fed an Island – the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair
by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader
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