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WFP’s Chief Economist Comments that World is “Exploding” with Food Insecurity
In an comment on May 4, 2022 about the Global Network Against Food Crises report that Global hunger will increase this coming year; Arif Husain, the Chief Economist for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said the "the world is exploding with food insecurity"....
World Bank Releases New Report on Ukraine War and Global Food Crisis
The World Bank has released a commodity markets report this April on the Impact of the War in Ukraine on World Commodity Markets. In this report, they state that rising oil prices, inflation and the fertilizer scarcity that the war in Ukraine has created has become the greatest shock to g...
Hunger in Niger
Niger is one of the countries within the Sahel region on the southern border of the great Sahara Desert in West Africa. Niger rests directly north of Nigeria, and is home to over 24 million people. As the country enters April which this year is the month of Ramadan, it is sobering to observe the...
UN/WFP – Ukraine Conflict’s Implications for Global Food Security
The United Nations / World Food Programme has created a publication on the food security implications of the Ukraine Conflict and the ramifications for the global food and energy markets....
Global Food Crisis Grows as Result of Ongoing War in Ukraine
Food commodity price rises mirror global energy price rises. Prices for edible oil as well as grains are rising as a result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Basic commodities well as fertilizers continue to rise globally as the conflict continues. ...
Chef Jose Andres on Ukrainian Refugee Food Situation
Chef Jose Andres of the World Central Kitchen Organization describes his experience on the Ukrainian-Polish border helping refugees fleeing the Russian Invasion of Ukraine....
World Food Programmes Releases Report on Hunger Hotspots
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has released a report today which says that Ethiopia, Nigeria, Yemen and South Sudan are the top countries which are at greatest risk of critical food insecurity. Referring to the risk of famine based on the Integrated Food Insecurity Phase Classificati...
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...
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