BRAZIL INVESTIGATORS LOOK AT MEALS MADE OF PROCESSED PELLETS

The investigation comes amid a growing outcry over the pellets, which Sao Paulo Mayor Joao Doria says will help improve nutrition for poor children... READ MORE›

NOBODY EATS POTENTIAL, AFRICA'S SAVANNAH NEEDS TO FEED THE WORLD

The 2017 World Food Prize Laureate said the world needs to help Africa to rapidly modernise its agriculture and unlock its full potential to feed the world... READ MORE›

ON WORLD FOOD DAY, 350,000 PEOPLE IN CHAD FACE STARVATION

Eight years ago, Boko Haram militants crossed the border from Nigeria and launched their first attacks in Chad, in the Lake Region... READ MORE›

TWO WOMEN FROM KENYA AND MALI JOINTLY WIN THE 2017 AFRICA FOOD PRIZE

This is the second Africa Food Prize award since the rebranding in 2016 from the Yara Prize to Africa to give the award an African identity... READ MORE›

GLOBAL HUNGER BY NUMBERS: HOW CONFLICT DRIVES THE WORLD TO HUNGER

Violence in the conflict regions has led to the displacement of millions of people, the report highlights, causing and protracting food insecurity in host communities... READ MORE›

GLOBAL HUNGER RISING DUE TO WARS, CLIMATE SHOCKS

There are fewer chronically undernourished people worldwide than in 2000, but a trend of overall decline has been reversed, according to a United Nations report... READ MORE›

'ALARM BELLS WE CANNOT IGNORE': WORLD HUNGER RISING FOR FIRST TIME THIS CENTURY

UN agencies warn conflict and climate change are undermining food security, causing chronic undernourishment and threatening to reverse years of progress... READ MORE›

THE INDIAN WOMEN EATING WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST TIME

The women eating with their families for the first time... READ MORE›

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NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II

The world is caught up in the Trump saga and ignoring a famine that could affect 20 million people in four countries... READ MORE›

110 DEAD FROM HUNGER IN PAST 48 HOURS OF DROUGHT

The drought is the first crisis for Somalias newly elected Somali-American leader, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed... READ MORE›

HUGE RISE IN HOSPITAL BEDS IN ENGLAND TAKEN UP BY PEOPLE WITH MALNUTRITION

Official figures reveal that people with malnutrition accounted for 184,528 hospital bed days last year, a huge rise on 65,048 in 2006-07... READ MORE›

HASSAN ALI KHAIRE: HUNGER, DISEASE KILL 110 IN TWO DAYS

The UN humanitarian appeal for 2017 for Somalia is 864m, to provide assistance to 3.9 million people... READ MORE›

WORLD FACES WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945, SAYS UN OFFICIAL

Twenty million people face starvation without an immediate injection of funds in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria, warns Stephen O'Brien... READ MORE›

DROUGHT AND WAR HEIGHTEN THREAT OF NOT JUST 1 FAMINE, BUT 4

We underestimated the role of water and its contribution to mortality in the last famine, said Ann Thomas, a water, sanitation and hygiene specialist for Unicef... READ MORE›

REPORT REVEALS SCALE OF FOOD BANK USE IN THE UK

Project by Independent Food Aid Network finds at least 2,000 food banks giving out parcels, with demand continuing to grow... READ MORE›

HUNGER EATS AWAY AT VENEZUELA'S SOUL AS ITS PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

Former foreign minister and top aide Delcy Rodriguez has denied the country has a food crisis, denouncing the blackmail of hunger ... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S PLAN TO SLASH FOREIGN AID COMES AS FAMINE THREAT IS SURGING

Last year, the United States contributed 6.4 billion in humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, more than a quarter of global funding... READ MORE›

UN CHIEF: WORLD MUST ACT TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOMALIA

The World Health Organization WHO has warned there are just two months left to avert what would be Somalia's third famine in 25 years... READ MORE›

GROWING MEGA-CITIES WILL DISPLACE VAST TRACTS OF FARMLAND BY 2030, STUDY SAYS

These farmers produce the majority of food in developing countries--and so are instrumental to global food security... READ MORE›

THE U.N. ASKED FOR BILLIONS TO AVERT FOUR HUNGER CRISES. THE MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE.

In South Sudan, the United Nations says that 2,800 people are fleeing worsening violence and looming famine every day... READ MORE›

HER LIFE FLUTTERS, PAUSES AND DISAPPEARS. IN A TIME OF PLENTY, SHE DIES OF HUNGER

Her mother runs her thumb along Canab's collarbone and into the soft of her neck, constantly checking her pulse... READ MORE›

The reasons for Indian mothers' relatively poor health are many, including a culture that discriminates against them... READ MORE›

UGLY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: WHY YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LOVE THEM

Ugly produce just resonates with people, says Figueiredo, who also gets Imperfect Produce deliveries... READ MORE›

FAMINE DECLARED IN PART OF SOUTH SUDAN'S UNITY STATE

This famine is man-made, said Joyce Luma, head of the World Food Programme in South Sudan... READ MORE›

FAMINE DECLARED IN SOUTH SUDAN, WITH 100,000 PEOPLE FACING STARVATION

The United Nations has been alarmed by the recent deterioration in South Sudan... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS NATO TURNING UKRAINE INTO FRONT LINE OF CONFRONTATION

Haitian politics are still a mess and poverty is deep-rooted, but the economy is rising, more children are going to school and health is improving... READ MORE›

UN SAYS WORLD FACES WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945 WITH TENS OF MILLIONS STARVING

More than 20 million people are facing famine and starvation in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria, with the UN warning an urgent aid injection is needed... READ MORE›

AFRICA SEED INDEX RAISES BIGGER YIELD HOPES FOR FARMERS

Changing landscape Edward Mabaya, principal investigator for TASAI, said that food security was a key factor for African agriculture, which is dominated by smallholder farmers... READ MORE›

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE ACUTE HUNGER IN DRC

One in 10 people living in rural areas suffers from acute hunger, while chronic malnutrition affects 43 per cent of children under five years, the FAO report said... READ MORE›

'DYING OF HUNGER': FAMINE DECLARED IN SOUTH SUDAN

Aid agencies said 100,000 people were affected by the famine, which threaten to affect a further one million people in the coming months... READ MORE›

UN SAYS WORLD FACES LARGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945

Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine... READ MORE›

WORLD OVERLOOKS ETHIOPIA DROUGHT CRISIS THAT IS LEAVING MILLIONS HUNGRY

This year, the food program will help more than 2A million children, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothersA sufferingA fromA moderate acute malnutrition... READ MORE›

BATTLE TO FEED THE WORLD PITS SMALL FARMERS AGAINST BIG AGRICULTURE

The question of access is probably the most fundamental of the four dimensions of food security... READ MORE›

CHILDREN AT RISK IN 'WORST CRISIS SINCE 2001'

Inefficient food production means that large parts of the North Korean population face malnutrition or death... READ MORE›

SCORES OF REFUGEES STARVED TO DEATH

Nearly 200 people fleeing Boko Haram militants have died of starvation in the Nigerian city of Bama in the past month, medical charity MSF says... READ MORE›

UN CONFIRMS REPORTS OF STARVATION AS AID REACHES BESIEGED MADAYA

US ambassador Samantha Power also had strong words about Madaya, slamming the grotesque starve-or-surrender tactics the Syrian regime is using right now against its own people ... READ MORE›

HOW TRUMP CAN STOP THE FOUR FAMINES

Now a worthy target is crying out for President Trump's extraordinary reach The so-called four famines that currently afflict South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen... READ MORE›

ON WORLD FOOD DAY THE UK NEEDS IT'S FIRST REAL ZERO WASTE SUPERMARKET

This 'food waste supermarket' is the latest project of The Real Junk Food Project TRJFP ... READ MORE›