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Global Nutrition Report 2020 Reports that Malnutrition is Leading Cause of Mortality and Morbidity
2020 Global Nutrition Report: Action on equity to end malnutrition was released 12 May 2020. The report states that one in nine persons around the world suffers from hunger (820 million) and one in three persons is overweight or obese (also a form of malnutrition). In a forward to the report by Da...
Food security in the time of coronavirus: A Eurasianet briefing
This briefing explores government policy and food provision in the Caucasus and Central Asia as COVID-19 upsets farming and trade networks around the world....
Predicting COVID-19 Impacts on Global Food Security
MacAlester College's William Moseley predicts Covid-19 impacts on macro-level, global food security levels and food systems by employing the supporting components of the standard food security framework-- access, availability and utilization-- in the following article:...
As Food Waste and Insecurity Spike, ReFED’s COVID-19 Food Waste Solutions Fund Aims to Spark Change Beyond the Pandemic
As COVID-19 upends the global food supply chain and disrupts economies around the world, the threat of food waste looms particularly large....
Addressing COVID-19 impacts on fish and aquatic food systems
World Fish examines the impacts of COVID-19 on food security and fisheries...
23 Organizations Eliminating Food Waste During COVID-19
In honor of #StopFoodWasteDay, here are 23 organizations rescuing food waste during #covid19....
Podcast: BBC The Food Chain: Death by coronavirus or hunger?
The tough question being faced by many in developing countries....
WFP Warns of Increased Famines and Humanitarian Catastrophe this Year in Global Food Crises Report
The World Food Program (WFP) has released its Global Food Crises Report. David Beasley, the Executive Director of the WFP warns that, without assistance, the number of people "pushed to the brink of starvation" will double to 265 million by the end of 2020. ...
COVID-19 threatens food security of low-income Canadians
Stats Can finds many Canadians do not have financial resources to sustain ‘well-being’...
As aid groups scramble to contain COVID-19, malnutrition set to increase
This article describes the challenges that Humanitarian Aid organizations will face in maintaining food security programs in the many pre-CoVid-19 emergencies around the world. ...
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