The wife to Kenyan Prime Minister, Ida Odinga, has called on all nations to boost the nutritional needs of their populations, especially that of mothers and infants, as a strategy of achieving sustainable development.
In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war's damage to the social fabric, say nutritionists, who call the condition "a social problem".
COUNTRIES with high gender inequality gaps are more likely to have hunger and malnutrition, says a report released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Less than 24 hours, heads of state and government will reach a consensus on how to stamp out the ugly world monster-hunger-when they converge for the World Summit on Food Security under the directive of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations .
NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has again emphasized that Micronutrients such as vitamin A Iodine, Zinc to mention a few are the ultimate solution to malnourishment which indeed affects most Nigerian children.
Each pilgrim to this year's hajj from Jigawa State will be fed free by the state government throughout the 40-day stay in the holy land and the meals per pilgrim throughout the period will cost government N32,000, state Pilgrims' Welfare Board's Executive Secretary Alhaji Suleiman Usman said at a press conference in Mecca yesterday.
President Mugabe has thanked the Food and Agriculture Organisation for assisting Zimbabwe boost household food security through a US$70 million input facility targeting smallholder farmers.
Some of the most widespread forms of malnutrition can best be reduced by delivering micronutrients and fortifying food in new, cost-effective ways, in combination with community outreach work, experts have said.
The International Sweet Potato Centre has launched a $21.25 million research project in Uganda that will develop nutritionally enhanced sweet potatoes, in a project to reduce health problems related to vitamin A deficiency and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
In its continued quest to make Nigerians healthier and richer, Honeywell Flour Mills Plc yesterday launched Honeywell wheatmeal into the nation's market. The new product is expected to meet all nutritional and health needs of all Nigerians of all ages.
UNITED States (US) Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders has challenged Federal Government to adopt appropriate mechanisms to achieve long-term food security saying "Nigeria is the largest importer of rice globally."
Hundreds of Tonota College of Education (TCE) students launched a hunger strike on Tuesday decrying the quality of bread supplied by a local bakery.
Christian church leaders have been blamed for being too docile and playing a spectator role in their communities.
South Africa is satisfied by the outcomes of this week's World Food Summit, including the adoption of a declaration that serves as a basis for addressing the challenge of hunger faced by a billion people worldwide.
ABOUT 150 Kenyan refugees arrived at the Malaba border on Thursday from Kiryandongo in Masindi. This brings to 210, the number of refugees who have voluntarily returned home in two months.
