Global hunger worse today than in 2015, imperiling UN goals – report
Washington DC, USReuters There are 745 million more moderately to severely hungry people in the world today than in 2015, and the world is far off track in its efforts to meet an ambitious United Nations goal to end hunger by 2030, the UN said in a report on Friday. At the halfway point to […]
Food production: Sustainable food – not more of it – needed as global hunger soars
As climate change and global disruptions worsen hunger, a revamp of food systems is urgently needed, analysts say. LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year
London, UKReuters Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again grim, according to a report by the Global Network Against Food Crises. The humanitarian agency, set up in 2016 by the European Union and United Nations, […]
Quick fix for hunger and climate goals? More spending on small farmers
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Global goals to tackle climate change and end hunger by 2030 are within reach if donors and developing nations help small farmers grow more climate resilient crops, access irrigation and tap into social safety nets, researchers said Monday. In a new report, they identified 10 key shifts that could lift nearly […]
Quick facts: Seven facts on global hunger after World Food Programme wins Nobel
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The United Nations’ World Food Programme won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger around the world and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict. For more than 50 years the WFP has worked to improve food security around the world, but conflict, […]
Revamp hunger aid, urges risk chief for Nobel-winning UN food agency
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic is set to nearly double the number of people facing starvation this year, but preparing better would help battle such crises in the future, said an official at the World Food Programme, after it won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. As the UN food aid agency was […]
Global index finds climate change driving “alarming” hunger levels
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Central African Republic topped an annual world hunger index on Tuesday as aid agencies warned that climate change was making it increasingly hard to feed the world. Aid agency Concern Worldwide, which co-compiles the Global Hunger Index, said progress towards a 2030 zero hunger target agreed by world leaders was “under threat […]
Quick facts – 10 things to know about world hunger
Thomson Reuters Foundation Global hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fuelled by conflict and climate change, the United Nations revealed in a report published on Tuesday. Obesity levels also increased. Here are some facts and figures from the report: Drought is one of the key causes of hunger in the world. PICTURE: […]
Africa tops global hunger index, driven by war and climate shocks
Thomson Reuters Foundation Global hunger has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but conflict and climate shocks are beginning to reverse these gains, an annual global hunger index said on Thursday. Nearly half of the 119 countries surveyed had “serious”, “alarming” or “extremely alarming” hunger levels between 2012 and 2016, with war-torn Central African […]