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Fight hunger with knowledge. In this short video, World Hunger Education Service’s Steve Hansch explains global hunger, discusses a few causes, and tells you how to get involved in humanitarian work.
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Fact Sheet: Understanding Global Hunger
Hunger is not having enough nutritious food. To end global hunger, nutritious food needs to be affordable and available to everyone. Learn about the meaning, causes, and solutions to global hunger.
Global Hunger: Children
Fact Sheet: Child Malnutrition
Adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is vital for proper brain development. Malnutrition can have long-term impacts on a child’s life, including their ability to learn in school and grow properly.
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Global Hunger in the News
Read the latest news and analysis about global hunger below.
Counting the Beans: New Tool Measures the True Cost of Food
by Food Tank Food Tank January 10, 2018
A new U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) tool is highlighting the true cost of food by presenting variation in the cost of food around the world. The tool, called Counting the Beans, includes a data-driven, open-access online interface to help both experts and the general public quantify the relative c...
How France became a global leader in curbing food waste
by Story Hinckley The Christian Science Monitor January 7, 2018
France isn't an obvious frontrunner in food recovery, but new legislation has helped catapult the nation to the top of the 2017 Food Sustainability Index. People in France wasted an average of 234 pounds of food per person annually compared to about 430 pounds in the United States....
Africa: 10 Humanitarian Crises to Look Out for in 2018
IRIN via All Africa January 4, 2018
From the Rohingya to South Sudan, hurricanes to famine, 2017 was full of disasters and crises. But 2018 is shaping up to be even worse. Here's why....
The year’s top development stories: 2017 in review
by Lucy Lamble The Guardian December 29, 2017
As Donald Trump cut funding for family planning and people from east Africa to Yemen went hungry, peace finally gained a foothold in Colombia....
Across The World, If You Eat For Your Health, You’ll Help The Planet
by Dan Charles NPR December 4, 2017
Paul Behrens, a researcher at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, published an analysis of 37 countries' dietary recommendations and compared how they might affect the environment....
One Third of Food Lost, Wasted – Enough to Feed All Hungry People
by Baher Kamal InterPress Service News Agency December 1, 2017
Believe it or not, the way to eradicate hunger from the face of the Earth is as feasible as it is handy. In fact, the current loss and waste of one-third of all food produced for human consumption would be just enough to feed the nearly one billion people who go to bed hungry every single night. Her...
Study found cash is best when tackling hunger caused by drought
by Thomson Reuters Foundation Eco-Business November 29, 2017
Cash handouts are the best way to support smallholder farmers struggling due to drought, but for farmers experiencing wetter weather, agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides help most, a new study has found....
UN Warns Manage Climate Risks or Face Much More Hunger by 2050
Voice of America November 17, 2017
Climate change threats, from worsening drought and flooding to sea level rise, could increase the risks of hunger and child malnutrition around the world by 20 percent by 2050, food security researchers warned Wednesday....
UN Chief: Worldwide Famine Averted, but Numbers of Hungry Growing
by Margaret Besheer Voice of America November 2, 2017
The United Nations secretary-general says early action by the international community has helped avert widespread famine, but the number of people in need is continuing to grow. “Until these conflicts are resolved and development takes root, communities and entire regions will continue to be rav...
Iraq takes steps to save Mosul livestock after Islamic State’s rule
by Thin Lei Win Reuters October 24, 2017
Iraq and the United Nations launched a campaign Monday to vaccinate nearly one million livestock in the Mosul area over fears the animals may be carrying diseases, as they have not been vaccinated since Islamic State seized the city in 2014....
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