Global
Op Ed-More than Malnutrition: Famine as Social Crisis
Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at Tuft University's Fletcher School, discusses the history of declaring famines in this opinion editorial....
Yemen: the Forgotten Famine
Yemen has been in the news this week after Al Qaeda attacked a military base in the southern part of the country. Both the Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups are operating in Yemen, which has been in chaos from a civil war since last year....
Opinion: Famine: Where is the Rage?
"There is more interest in cage free eggs and other nutritional fads than in saving 20 million lives. Why is there no outrage?"...
This fundamental global problem touches everything from farming to technology
From diseases affecting plants and animals to climate change to protectionist trade policies, the threats are diverse and plenty. Meanwhile, the demand for food continues to swell with global population projected to grow by another 2 billion by 2020....
The great global food gap: Families around the world photographed with weekly shopping as they reveal cost ranges from £3.20 to £320
Snapshots of families' weekly shop from countries around the world shows the food gulf between nations....
Why Food Insecurity ‘Over There’ Matters Right Here
Op Ed by the former U.S. ambassador to NATO: "As the United States debates the appropriate balance of military, diplomatic, and economic levers at its disposal, the link between global food security and global stability has never been more clear"...
How is famine declared?
The UN relies on technocratic calculations but politics still plays a part....
Foreign Food-Aid for School Kids Among Cuts Proposed for USDA
An international school food-aid program backed by former Democratic Senator George McGovern and Republican Senator Bob Dole would end under President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint, with the White House arguing its success isn’t proven. The McGovern-Dole Food for Education program, created ...
Drought and War Heighten Threat of Not Just 1 Famine, but 4
For the first time since anyone can remember, there is a very real possibility of four famines — in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen — breaking out at once, endangering more than 20 million....
U.N.’s Famine Appeal Is Billions Shy of Goal
UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned 20 million people would fall into famine if his aid agencies could not corral $4.4 billion by the end of March. So far, the UNs has received less than a tenth of the ...
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