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The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health
The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health brings together more than 30 world-leading scientists from across the globe to reach a scientific consensus that defines a healthy and sustainable diet. ...
Cutting food waste: game-changing fund opens
The UK government fund for food redistribution organizations aims to substantially reduce food waste from food businesses. ...
Yemen’s food crisis 10 times worse than South Sudan, says UN
The UN’s humanitarian aid chief on Monday said the food crisis in Yemen was unprecedented and 10 times worse than anything seen in South Sudan, announcing an appeal for US$4 billion (Dh14.69bn) that will be needed to fund next year’s relief effort....
Western Sidney University invests $5m into food security research
Western Sydney University (WSU) will collaborate with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and 13 state agricultural universities on research to address global issues of food security and climate change....
We’re becoming desensitised to poverty in the UK – it’s time the government made food a basic right
A right to food would mean that all public institutions would have to offer adequate nutritious food, including hospitals and care homes...
UN Report Says Fragile Climate Puts Food Security at Risk
Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Wednesday as it renewed appeals for better policies and technologies to reach "zero hunger."...
Lawmakers’ action key to ending hunger and ensuring healthy and sustainable diets for all
It is essential that parliaments around the world act without delay to adapt and improve legal, political and institutional frameworks to end hunger and ensure nutritious and healthy diets for all, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today....
McRaven and McCaul: National Security Dimensions of Global Food Insecurity
Bill McRaven, a retired Navy four-star admiral who served as commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011-2014 and former chancellor of the University of Texas system from 2015-2018, and Congressman Michael McCaul, who represents the 10th District of Texas write that global hunger is a...
Urban Food Security in the Global South: Three Ideas
Until recently, it was widely thought that half of the world’s population lived in cities. The United Nations places the global number at 55 percent, with Africa at 43 percent and Asia at 50 percent....
2018 World Food Prize laureates: Ending malnutrition for mothers and young children
Alarmed by the vast numbers of malnourished children in the world, two British men have spent their lives working to ensure that mothers and their young children can obtain high-quality foods and vitamins. This month, the men — economist Dr. Lawrence Haddad and physician Dr. David Nabarro — w...
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