Recent graduate Caleb Gorton outlines the hunger and nutrition issues affecting Timor-Leste, which has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world, with 46 per cent of children under five suffering from chronic malnutrition.
Author: Sarah Polaski
A step towards hunger-free India
Millions of people in our country sleep hungry every single day, making it one of the major issues to tackle with, but we still waste food worth crores everyday. With an aim to put an end to food-wastage and ward off the evil of hunger among the poor, Robin Hood Army (RHA), a zero-funds organisation, is taking to the streets to feed the hungry.
Red Cross warns of food crisis in N. Korea as crops fail in heat
A heat wave in North Korea has led to rice, maize and other crops withering in the fields, “with potentially catastrophic effects,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday.
The world’s largest disaster relief network warned of a risk of a “full-blown food security crisis” in the isolated country, saying that the worrying situation had been exacerbated by international sanctions imposed due to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
UN gravely concerned at South Sudan’s ‘food security crisis’
The UN Security Council is expressing grave concern at the “food security crisis” in war-torn South Sudan. The council said in a statement after closed-door briefings on Friday that ongoing fighting in the country’s five-year civil war “is one of the main direct causes” of food insecurity.
Fighting ‘Quiet Hunger’ in Every Philadelphia Zip Code
Food insecurity plagues more than 20 percent of people in Philadelphia and more than 1.6 million people across Pennsylvania. Broke in Philly reports on how people stretch their food budgets in one neighborhood.
Hungry for change: urban foragers take the law into their own hands
While foraging is an ancient art that has taken place in US cities for as long as they’ve existed, the practice has exploded in popularity in recent years. There are some who forage because they struggle to afford food, but that is a small percentage, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
Climate Change Threatens Midwest’s Wild Rice, A Staple For Native Americans
Northern wild rice, also known as manoomin, is a staple food in Ojibwe communities across the Upper Midwest, where it’s also used in traditional ceremonies. And, like any wild crop, some years yield more than others, depending on the weather. With harvests decreasing due to extreme weather, states are looking for solutions.
Summer meals take the edge off persistent child hunger in Maine
While the rate of childhood food insecurity – an official measure of hunger – has declined both in the state and nationwide, Maine still has a rate higher than the national average. In 2016, 19.8 percent of Maine children lived with food insecurity. The childhood food insecurity rate for the United States is 17.5 percent.
Partnering With Puerto Rico: New York Forms New Agricultural Trade Partnership
New York Farm Bureau applauds a new agricultural trade partnership designed to strengthen Puerto Rico’s economy in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria, which ravaged the Caribbean island last year.
Moves to cut emissions could cause more hunger than climate change, study says
Adopting some of the most stringent measures needed to curb climate change across all industries could cause hunger levels to rise by three times as much as global warming itself, according to a study released on Tuesday.
