2014 GLOBAL

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The soil: Silent ally against hunger in Latin America Marianela Jarroud Inter Press Service December 19, 2014

2014 was deadliest year for migrants, international group says Nick Cumming-Bruce New York Times December 16, 2014

At Campo Sacramento in Guasave, Sinaloa, barbed wire runs along the perimeter, and arrivals and departures are controlled around the clock. Photo: Don Bartletti

Hardship on Mexico's farms, a bounty for US tables Richard Marosi Photography & video by Don Bartletti Los Angeles Times December 8, 2014

New report shows discrimination against women is major cause of persistent hunger Hunger Notes December 9, 2014 

Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani queue to get food in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, November 13, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Osman Orsal

World Food Program suspends food aid for 1.7 million Syrian refugees Tom Miles Reuters December 1, 2014

Every dollar spent on childhood nutrition can save up to $166, new study finds  Bjorn Lomborg The Guardian November 28, 2014 See more nutrition stories

Women play an important role in guaranteeing sufficient food supply for their families. They are among the stakeholders whose voice needs to be heard in the debate on nutrition. Photo: FIAN International

Democratizing the fight against malnutrition Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu Inter Press Service November 27, 2014 See more nutrition stories

WTO seeks efforts for permanent deal on food security.   Asit Ranjan Mishra Live Mint November 22, 2014 US-India agreement on stockpiles of food revives a trade deal Neha Thirani Bagri New York Times November 13, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger

Abigail, 11, sells pastries on a street in El Alto in June. Under the new law, 10-year-olds can work as long as they have parental consent and also attend school. Photo: Juan Karita/AP

Bolivian law makes child labor legal for children as young as 10. Change was demanded by child workers in order to establish greater legal protections.  John Otis National Public Radio November 11, 2014

UN panel issues its starkest warning yet on the dangers of global warming. Failure to reduce emissions could threaten society with food shortages, refugee crises, major flooding and mass extinctions, panel says. Justin Gillis New York Times November 2, 2014  See more environment and hunger stories

A vendor in New Dehli sells vegetables from a cart. But where do most of the world’s hungry live? Photo: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images

World Food Day: Ten myths about world hunger Carla Kweifio-Okai The Guardian October 17, 2014

Students from this school, the Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos teachers college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, were attacked by the police in the city of Iguala in the state of Guerrero. Six were killed, 25 were injured and 43 are still missing. Credit: Pepe Jiménez/IPS

Mexico’s cocktail of political and narco-violence and poverty Daniela Pastrana Inter Press Service October 17, 2014

A new UN body to combat global malnutrition? Elena L. Pasquini Devex October 14, 2014  See more development assistance stories

Developing countries blast rich-world farm subsidies at Rome talks Chris Arsenault Reuters October 6, 2014 See more trade and hunger stories

We’ve killed off half the world’s animals since 1970 Christopher Ingraham Washington Post September 30, 2014 See more environment and hunger stories

UN says there is unprecented demand for food aid Associated Press  Washington Post September 23, 2014 See more humanitarian assistance stories

World hunger falls, but number of undernourished remains ‘unacceptably high’—joint UN report UN News Centre September 16, 2014 Access full report: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014

Rethink needed on humanitarian funding for national NGOs, now only 0.2 percent of total humanitarian aid IRIN News September 15, 2014  See more humanitarian assistance stories

Above a busy intersection in Mexico City, a billboard tallies  Mexican education funds wasted since the first day of school last month. According to this new “abuse meter” about $2.8 billion annually goes into the pockets of 298,174 no-show teachers and administrators who collect pay without working. Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas/New York Times

Billboard drives home extent of corruption as Mexican schools suffer Damien Cave New York Times September 1, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report Harmful economic systems: Obtaining income

Following an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian youth inspect the building their families lived in. Photo: Khaled Alashqar/IPS

Gaza under fire—A humanitarian disaster Khaled Alashqar Inter Press Service July 22, 2014

South stymies North in global trade talks Ravi Kanth Devarakonda Inter Press Service July 26, 2014 India's battle with the World Trade Organization Raymond Zhong Wall Street Journal July 23, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger

Children do work at a school in the violent Chamelecon neighborhood of San Pedro Sula in Honduras. In Chamelecon, more than 300 houses have been abandoned, and military police in body armor patrol day and night on Honda dirt bikes. The two main gangs, 18th Street and MS-13, have fought over the area for years, commandeering houses and demanding that residents pay a war tax."They bleed you," said Alvin Rolando Baide, 34, who grew up in the neighborhood. "They demand 80 or 90 percent of your salary." Photo: Joshua Partlow/The Washington Post

Honduran child migrants leave home because of poverty and violence Joshua Partlow Washington Post July 15, 2014 Maryland governor, Obama aides spar over unaccompanied immigrant children Jenna Johnson Washington Post July 16, 2014

The Las Canoas lake in Tipitapa, near Managua, dries up every time Nicaragua is visited by the El Niño phenomenon, leaving local people without fish or water for their crops. Photo: Guillermo Flores/IPS

El Niño triggers drought, food crisis in Nicaragua José Adán Silva Inter Press Service July 10, 2014

The 2013 Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index  ranks governments according to commitment: green is high or moderate, orange is low and red is very low. Photograph: Institute of Development Studies

Which 7 countries are most committed to ending hunger? In a recently published index, researchers analysed the political commitment to hunger and nutrition of 45 developing countries Dolf te Lintelo Guardian Professional July 3, 2014 See the index. See more nutrition stories

“Toxic stress”, a relentless cycle of stress inflicted on a child whose parents may be battling to survive, unable to nurture it properly; or where there may be violence, neglect and/or poor nutrition, can result in negative patterning on the baby’s brain that can inhibit intellectual and emotional growth Philippa Garson IRIN News July 6, 2014 See more nutrition stories

Syrian children at a refugee camp in eastern Lebanon on June 19th. Photo: Bilal Hussein/Associated Press

Refugees at levels not seen since WWII Nick Cumming-Bruce New York Times June 20, 2014 See the UN High Commissioner for Refugees 2013 report (52 page PDF file) [Conflict has caused a great deal of the world's hunger and poverty, in large part by creating refugees. A good article for increasing your understanding of how conflict is creating hunger and poverty. HN Editor]

Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram awarded 2014 World Food Prize for critical breakthroughs in wheat Hunger Notes June 18, 2014 

Momina Ali, 13, has to take a day off from school to search for water. Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN

The race to adapt to climate change Jaspreet Kindra IRIN News July 1, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report: Environment and hunger

Jose Quipal clears blackberry brush from a field where he and his family are squatting on land “occupied” by the Mapuche. Photo: Nick Miroff/Washington Post

Land-reclamation campaign by indigenous Mapuches scorches southern Chile Nick Miroff Washington Post June 8, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems: reducing harm

More evidence that giving poor people money is a great cure for poverty Dylan Matthews Vox June 8, 2014  See World Bank report (32 page PDF file)

New report reveals how poor women and men understand food rights Institute of Development Studies June 2, 2104  Access report: Life in a time of food price volatility  See Hunger Notes special report:: Food as a human right

In this photograph taken on September 16, 2013, an alleged Indian human-trafficking victim sits at a police station after being rescued from a village in Karnal around 100 kms from New Delhi. In India, mostly women are trafficked or tricked into different forms of slavery ranging from domestic service to prostitution. Desperately poor parents also sell their children who are then forced into begging rackets and manual labor. Photo: Manan Vatsayana/Getty Image

Slavery is still thriving and is more profitable than big oil Karina Kolodny Huffington Post May 22, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems: obtaining income

A banner for the soon-to-be-elected president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, displayed in Cairo in March. The election is pro-forma, as Sisi and allies overthrew the democratically elected govenment of President Morsi. Photo: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Egypt's new strongman, Sisi knows best David D Kirkpatrick New York Times May 24, 2014 In rural Egypt, democracy withers Abigail Hauslohner Washington Post May 3, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems: Keeping people oppressed Mubarak gets three years for embezzlement, and his sons get 4 David D Kirkpatrick New York Times May 21, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems: obtaining income

Climate change deemed growing security threat by military researchers: Climate change-induced drought in the Middle East and Africa is leading to conflicts over food and water, and rising sea levels are putting people and food supplies in vulnerable coastal regions at risk  Coral Davenport New York Times May 13, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report on environment and hunger

Pope Francis calls for 'legitimate redistribution' of wealth to the poor Nicole Winfield Associated Press/Huffington Post May 9, 2014

Climate change deemed growing security threat by military researchers: Climate change-induced drought in the Middle East and Africa is leading to conflicts over food and water, and rising sea levels are putting people and food supplies in vulnerable coastal regions at risk  Coral Davenport New York Times May 13, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report on environment and hunger

Some 2.5 billion people still use unimproved sanitation facilities. Photo: Ahmed Dalloul/IRIN

Water and sanitation gains mask growing inequalities IRIN News May 8, 2014 See World Health Organization report.  See more nutrition and health stories

Polio's return after near eradication prompts global health warning  Donald G McNeil Jr  New York Times May 5, 2014 See more nutrition and health stories

In rural Egypt, democracy withers Abigail Hauslohner Washington Post May 3, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems: Keeping people oppressed

A new toilet for girl students at a school in Murshidabad district in the eastern Indian state West Bengal. Photo: Sulabh International/IPS.

When not to go to school Ranjita Biswas Inter Press Service April 19, 2014 See more nutrition and health stories

Honduras: One year of community resistance in Rio Blanco Beverly Bell Pambazuka News April 16, 2014

 Fortified biscuits on sale in Afghanistan—getting to the consumer is the trick. Photo: Khalid Nahez/IRIN

Fortified food—persuading the private sector to do good IRIN News April 18, 2014 Biofortified tortillas to provide micronutrients in Latin America Fabiola Ortiz Inter Press Service April 17, 2014    See more nutrition and health stories

Verdiana Msuya and her daughter sieving cereals to remove soil/impurities, Mangio village, Mwanga District, February 2014. Photo: Kizito Makoye/IRIN News

How equal rights boosts food security IRIN News April 1, 2014

Panel's warning on climate risk: Worst is yet to come Justin Gillis New York Times March 31, 2014

El Salvador ex-rebel's presidential victory confirmed BBC News March 17, 2014 See also A precarious victory in El Salvador: Washington is threatening to withhold development aid unless El Salvador adopts economic policies that Salvadorans just voted against Madeleine Conway Foreign Policy In Focus March 18, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report on foreign aid

Obama was right: To boost the economy, spread the wealth, two new IMF studies indicate Christopher Ingraham Washington Post March 13, 2014 See IMF study

General who led overthrow of Egypt's first elected government and is now the defacto ruler to run for president of Egypt David D Kirkpatrick New York Times March 26, 2014 See the section Avoiding overthrow of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems 529 Egyptians sentenced to death over the killing of a police officer  David D Kirkpatrick New York Times March 24, 2014 See the section Keeping people oppressed of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems  Egypt's military expands its power over the economy Abigail Hauslohner Washington Post March 16, 2014 See the section Obtaining income of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems  Egyptian authorities detain thousands amid crackdown on dissent Erin Cunningham Washington Post March 10, 2014 See the section Keeping people oppressed of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems

Bananas from Costa Rica for sale at Eastern Market in Washington, DC, in February 2014. Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

Chiquita merger reignites fears of a disappearing banana crop Marisa Taylor Al Jazeera America March 10, 2014  Crop diversity decline threatens food security Mark Kinver BBC News March 3, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger

Mexico targets gang that infiltrated the mining industry Paulina Villegas New York Times March 5, 2014 See the section Obtaining income of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems Cuba's reward for the dutiful: Gated housing Damien Cave New York Times February 11, 2014 See the section Avoiding overthrow of Hunger Notes special report on Harmful economic systems

Syria crisis: Thousands waiting for food in Yarmouk (video)  BBC News February 25, 2014

How much aid is required to end extreme poverty? John McArthur OpenCanada.org February 18, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report on deveopment assistance

Residents of Clara Town, a low-income neighbourhood of Monrovia, Liberia, face sanitation challenges with the onset of the rainy season. Photo: Travis Lupick/IPS

UN focuses on faltering goals: water, sanitation, energy Thalif Deen Inter Press Service February 19, 2014 See more nutrition and health stories

Conservationists visit an area in Copén, Honduras, that was deforested by intruders. Drug trafficking has contributed to threats to the forest.  Photo: Rodrigo Cruz/New York Times  

Lawlessness is undoing effort to save Honduran forests Elizabeth Malkin New York Times February 12, 2014 See HN special report on environment and hunger

Young unemployed men play cards in a warehouse in Guinean capital Conakry. Photo: Tommy Trenchard/IRIN

Breaking the cycle of youth unemployment and poverty IRIN News February 10, 2014

Picking up the pieces, post-Typhoon Haiyan Photo: David Swanson/IRIN

Climate-induced migration creates perils, possibilities IRIN News January 20, 2014  See Hunger Notes special report: Hunger, the environment and climate change

UN says lag in confronting climate woes will be costly Justin Gillis New York Times January 16, 2014 See Hunger Notes special report: Hunger, the environment and climate change

At a church-run shelter in Mexicali, migrants and new deportees sit down to a 3 p.m. dinner of beans and potatoes. Photo: Nick Miroff /The Washington Post

Mexicali has become Mexico’s city of the deported as US dumps more people there Nick Miroff Washington Post January 16, 2014

World Bank is criticized for Honduran loan to a Honduran palm-oil company engaged in a violent conflict with farm workers over land tenure Elisabeth Malkin New York Times January 10, 2014  See more development assistance stories

The Malian Red Cross distributes food to people in Gao in northern Mali. Photo: Katarina Hoije/IRIN

Food and the city IRIN News December 18, 2013

Dania Amroosh wears a Hello Kitty shirt, tiny heart-shaped earrings and her hair in cute little pigtails. She looks like any other 7-year-old, except for the jagged scars on the bridge of her nose and across her chin. There is much worse beneath her blanket on the third floor of the Kilis State Hospital in southern Turkey. A huge seeping wound on her stomach is closed with an angry grid of stitches. The casts are finally off her broken right leg and right hand, but her fingers are still black and blue and she can barely walk. Her lower body is covered with shrapnel scars. Five months ago, Dania and her family were sitting in their home in Aleppo, Syria, about 60 miles south of here, when a bomb dropped from the sky.  Photo: Linda Davidson/Washignton Post

Refuge: Stories from the Syrian crisis Kevin Sullivan Washington Post December 14, 2013

Pope Francis: "...Trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world ... has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power...Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.” Photo: New York Times

Pope Francis denounces ‘trickle-down’ economic theories in critique of inequality Zachary A. Goldfarb and Michelle Boorstein Washington Post November 26, 2013 Read Pope Francis' encylical Charity in Truth

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