This article discusses a food desert in Washington, DC. “Unsurprisingly, Wards 7 and 8 account for the vast majority of D.C.’s residents (one out of seven) who are what the USDA considers food insecure.”
Author: WHES Team
UN WFP, FAO chiefs unite to lobby for famine relief
The heads of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the U.N. World Food Programme were in Washington, D.C., on Monday, in an effort to garner attention and funds for famine relief in South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia and Nigeria.
Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance
Walmart’s low-wage workers cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $6.2 billion in public assistance including food stamps, Medicaid and subsidized housing, according to a report published by Americans for Tax Fairness, a coalition of 400 national and state-level progressive groups.
Yemen spiraling toward ‘total collapse’ as world watches, UN warns
Blaming the “inability or indifference” of the international community, the United Nations’ humanitarian chief warned that Yemen is spiraling toward “total social, economic and institutional collapse.”
On World Hunger Day, a look at why so many people don’t get enough food
As World Hunger Day is observed on Sunday, here’s a look at what’s behind the continuing prevalence of hunger around the world.
Two Scientists, Two Different Approaches To Saving Bees From Poison Dust
Two scientists disagree over how to save America’s bees, necessary for all the food we eat, from neonicotinoid-coated seeds.
Ethiopia’s Tedros to be next leader of UN health agency
Africa, where viruses such as HIV, Ebola and Zika emerged, has its first chief of the U.N. health agency. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a former Ethiopian minister of health, was elected Tuesday as the next director-general of the World Health Organization, becoming the first non-medical doctor and the first African tapped to lead an influential agency that helps set health priorities worldwide.
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
According to the FAO, the world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.
Armyworms: The hungry caterpillar threatening a global food crisis
A plague of armyworms is marching across Africa, devastating crops, and claiming new territory at an alarming rate.
Experts call for multi-pronged approach to fight fall armyworm in Africa
Scientists have called for quick, multi-institutional collaboration and coordinated action against the fall armyworm that has ravaged maize to avoid economic hardship for smallholders in the region and across Africa generally.
