High inflation means children go hungry around the world – survey
Reuters High levels of inflation and increased costs of living are contributing to worldwide hunger, according to a survey of 16 countries commissioned by the humanitarian group World Vision International. Acao da Cidadania NGO workers load a truck with food donations, as part of “Natal sem Fome” (Christmas Without Hunger), a solidarity fundraising campaign that […]
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…
Changing incentives and policies crucial to end hunger and malnutrition
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Aid agencies, the United Nations and its member countries mark World Food Day on Wednesday in the shadow of a worsening hunger and malnutrition crisis fuelled by climate change, drawn-out conflicts and economic downturns. Globally more than two billion people, or nearly one in four, lack access to “safe, nutritious and […]
Keep girls in schools to end hunger and poverty, Sachs tells governments
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Keeping girls in schools in Africa is key to lowering the fast-growing continent’s high fertility rates and ultimately ending hunger and poverty, US economist Jeffrey Sachs said Wednesday. Failure to do would bring more misery and suffering to the region, he warned, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where nearly one in four […]
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 […]