famine
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Says Famine Affecting 7.1 Million People Imminent in Somalia
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), a United Nations forum which includes the International Committee of the Red Cross, issued a statement last week indicating that up to 7.1 Million people will be affected by famine in parts of Somalia. In a statement on September 5, 2022, the IASC indicat...
USAID Administrator Power discusses food insecurity with colleagues
At a meeting held July 18, 2022, sponsored by the think tank, CSIS, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and a panel of specialists discuss the current global food insecurity crisis, noting how it has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate...
SAHEL Will Need Help as Famine is Coming
In this Newsweek Opinion piece, William Lambers reports how 35 million people will have virtually no food to eat in the coming lean season....
JANUARY UPDATE to HUNGER HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
ETHIOPIA Conflict and Drought The current food crisis will persist in northern Ethiopia, Across the country, over 1.2 million children under 5 years of age require treatment for severe acute malnutrition; In Tigray region, the conflict has impacted over 90 pe...
HUNGER HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
This is a view of the most urgent hunger hotspots around the world. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) used by the United Nations and International Aid Agencies consists of five levels of severity for food insecurity as follows: 1. Minimal - Acceptable 2. Stressed - Alert 3. ...
Locusts Add to World Hunger in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia 2021
Original Contribution by Sharmin Sultana Seeing a locust, one cannot imagine that a harmless member of the grasshopper family can become one of the world’s most devastating pests. Yet, in 2020, within just a few months locust swarms destroyed more than 1.2 million hectares (ha) of cr...
Ethiopia’s Man-Made Famine
Alex de Waal, well known author on humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa, explains why and how the current famine in Tigray region in Ethiopia has occurred. ...
Documentary Looks Back at Norman Borlaug’s Career
A recent documentary available from the Public Broadcast System (PBS) and WGBH "The Man Who Tried to Feed the World" (2020) briefly surveys the motivations and achievem...
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