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Conflict Creates Hunger
In Celebration of World Peace Day on 21 September, David Beasley, World Food Programme's Executive Director stated that "We cannot end hunger until we end conflict"....
Beirut port blast accelerates separate crisis: Hunger
The explosion in Beirut in early August has amplified another, relatively new crisis in Lebanon: rapidly rising rates of food insecurity...
E-book: COVID-19 and Global Food Security
New e-book compiles a selection of entries from the @IFPRI blog series on #COVID19...
A Biblical Surge of Miscommunication
On Language: In the popular media, including otherwise-intelligent talking heads and world leaders have invented new pretentious, uses for words that have little actual meaning. Chief among these are: "surge," "spike", "epicenter" and "biblical proportions." For example: the head ...
Parents in Lebanon Barter on Facebook through Food Crisis
The recent massive explosions in Beirut are blocking vital food imports and placing further strain on Lebanon’s struggling economy, according to aid organization Mercy Corps in Beirut....
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report 2020
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is an annual report prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO to inform on progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition and to provide in depth analysis on key challenges for achieving this goal in the context ...
Peter Morris, Nutritionist and Long-term USAID Expert Leads WHES
The editorial staff of World Hunger Education Service recently sat down and interviewed Peter Morris for his insights about progress in international aid, hunger, nutrition and pandemics. Mr. M...
World Public Health Nutrition Association Offers $10,000 Prize in Writing Contest
WPHNA Article Writing Contest for its journal, World Nutrition. No cost to enter. Deadline February 10, 2021. Winners will be chosen for Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, North America, and Europe. See wphna.org ...
USAID Promotes Urgency as Pandemic Hides a Nutrition Crisis
USAID indicates that the pandemic is imperiling nutritional gains around the world and makes their work more urgent. ...
‘Country-driven’ approach needed to limit COVID-19 damage to food security
A ‘business as usual' approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture agency said on Tuesday, launching a new plan to move past the coronavirus pandemic....
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