UN agency warns Ukraine war could trigger 20 per cent food price rise
Rome, ItalyReuters International food and feed prices could rise by up to 20 per cent as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, triggering a jump in global malnourishment, the United Nations food agency said on Friday. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said it was not clear whether Ukraine would be able to harvest […]
“A complete catastrophe”: As famine stalks Afghanistan, West urged to rescue stricken economy
EMMA BATHA, of Reuters, reports on the growing hunger crisis in Afghanistan…
World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021
Paris, FranceReuters World food prices jumped 28 per cent in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim, the UN’s food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, […]
World hunger, malnutrition soared last year mostly due to COVID-19 – UN agencies
London, UKReuters World hunger and malnutrition levels worsened dramatically last year, with most of the increase likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a multi-agency United Nations report published on Monday. After remaining virtually unchanged for five years, the number of undernourished people rose to around 768 million last year – equivalent to 10 […]
Food security: Soaring prices squeeze family budgets around the world
Thomson Reuters Foundation reporters KIM HARRISBERG, ANASTASIA MOLONEY, ROLI SRIVASTAVA, NANCHANOK WONGSAMUTH and MAYA GEBEILY speak to five people across the globe about how they are coping with rising food prices…
Climate change threatens age-old Indigenous food systems, says UN
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation From the Arctic to the Amazon, the traditional food gathering techniques of Indigenous communities are under threat from accelerating climate change and economic pressures, the United Nations said on Friday. Food systems used by different Indigenous peoples were found to be among the world’s most sustainable in terms of […]
Pests on the march as climate change fans the spread of crop destroyers
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Ravenous pests are on the march to colder regions as climate change lures crop eaters to new territories, threatening jobs and exacerbating world hunger, the United Nations said on Wednesday. From fall armyworms to desert locusts, the pests mostly menace crops in hot countries but the rise in world temperatures was […]
Conflict and COVID-19 drive hunger to record levels in Congo
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A record 27.3 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, or about one-third of its population, are suffering from acute hunger, largely because of conflict and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The figure makes Congo home to the most people needing urgent food assistance in […]
UN urges support for “best guardians” of forests to fight climate crisis
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation As the “best guardians” of Latin America’s forests, Indigenous tribes need greater access to climate finance and secure land tenure to stem deforestation and climate change, the United Nations said on Thursday. Tribal lands hold about a third of the carbon stored in Latin America’s forests, the UN’s Food and Agriculture […]
Hungry for change: Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19 and climate crises
THIN LEI WIN and CORMAC O’BRIEN, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the world’s food crises…