Food crisis will drive record displacement levels higher: UN refugee chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A food security crisis stoked by the Ukraine war is set to push more people to flee their homes in poorer countries, driving record levels of global displacement even higher, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said. A report by the UN body showed on Thursday that some 89.3 million people […]
Sudanese farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises
Gezira Scheme, SudanReuters On the fertile clay plains of Sudan’s Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out rows of sorghum, or peanuts, sesame and other cash crops. Instead, in a country stalked by sharply rising hunger, swathes of the 8,800 square kilometre agricultural project lie untouched. A […]
Table Talk: Five ways to reduce your food waste
In a new food-related column, EMMA WATSON looks at how you can reduce food waste in your home (and provides a quick recipe to use up some of those leftovers)…
EU offers farmers aid, more land to grow due to Ukraine war
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The European Union will distribute €500 million to help farmers and allow them to grow crops on fallow land to mitigate food price spikes and potential shortages resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Published on Wednesday, the proposals by the EU’s executive European Commission also include assistance to Ukraine to help its farmers […]
Food supplies running low on foreign ships stuck in Ukraine
London, UKReuters Food and medical supplies onboard over 100 foreign flagged ships stuck in Ukraine due to the conflict are running low, with little progress on creating a maritime corridor to allow them to sail away, industry officials said on Wednesday. London’s marine insurance market has widened the area of waters it considers high risk […]
Health Insight: How to make your diet more sustainable, healthy or cheap – without giving up nutrients
Australian researcher BRAD RIDOUTT – in an article first published on The Conversation – looks at how to ensure balance in dietary choices…
UN shrinks Yemen food rations in “desperate measures”
Reuters The World Food Programme said on Wednesday it will reduce food rations for eight million people in Yemen from January due to a lack of funding from donors, warning the cuts will push more people into starvation. Families on reduced handouts will receive barely half of the WFP’s daily minimum ration. Other food assistance […]
Essay: Simple steps to change the world
In an article to mark World Food Day, BEN EVANS, CEO of Feed the Hungry Australia, on how each of us can help address the world’s food crisis…
UN looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction
United NationsReuters Billions of people are overweight, millions are hungry, one third of food is wasted and the way the world produces, processes and consumes food generates one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at the first global summit on the future of food. The aim of the summit is […]
Wow!: Lebanese rediscover local flavours as crisis hits food imports
TIMOUR AZHARI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Lebanon’s economic and COVID-19 crises have led to a shift away from imported food to more locally produced products…