Innovative insurance scheme gives a lifeline to vulnerable pastoralists, as three years of poor rains kill thousands of livestock across northern Kenya.
Author: WHES Team
School holidays leave 3 million children at risk of hunger, report says
Up to 3 million children risk going hungry during the school holidays, leaving them vulnerable to malnutrition and undermining their education and life chances, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has warned.
Fall armyworm spreads to East Africa
As millions of east African farmers seek to recover from a devastating drought, they face a new threat – the fall armyworm. The pest has been recently detected in Kenya and is suspected to have entered the country from Uganda. It is also known to be present in Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda.
Opinion: Famine: Where is the Rage?
“There is more interest in cage free eggs and other nutritional fads than in saving 20 million lives. Why is there no outrage?”
This fundamental global problem touches everything from farming to technology
From diseases affecting plants and animals to climate change to protectionist trade policies, the threats are diverse and plenty. Meanwhile, the demand for food continues to swell with global population projected to grow by another 2 billion by 2020.
Drought-hit Somalia moves closer to famine, says aid group
Life-threatening child malnutrition rates are rising to alarming levels in drought-hit Somalia, the international aid group Save the Children said Thursday.
The great global food gap: Families around the world photographed with weekly shopping as they reveal cost ranges from £3.20 to £320
Snapshots of families’ weekly shop from countries around the world shows the food gulf between nations.
Why Food Insecurity ‘Over There’ Matters Right Here
Op Ed by the former U.S. ambassador to NATO: “As the United States debates the appropriate balance of military, diplomatic, and economic levers at its disposal, the link between global food security and global stability has never been more clear”
Urban farming produces more than food: social networks are a key spinoff
Urban farmers not only develop the kinds of friendships they can draw on during tough times. But they also develop broader networks with other farmers, with NGOs, with government and with local markets that allow them to build a career.
How Boko Haram Spreads Hunger Beyond Nigeria’s Boarders
The Lake Chad Basin region—which straddles areas of northeastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Niger and western Chad—is facing a hunger crisis.
