United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that soaring food prices, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, are pushing poor people to the brink of hunger in Malawi. The ... Read more »
More than 131,000 children suffer from chronic malnutrition in the central province of Manica, Firmino Jaquet, the spokesperson for a meeting of the Manica Provincial Executi Read more »
A few years ago, traditional vegetables and local foods in Kenya were largely perceived as foods of the poor and of the past. Local markets were dominated by three exotic veg Read more »
The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that famine is stalking Somalia, as years of climate-related disasters destroyed crops, dried up water sources and created a Read more »
As the country grapples with the challenges of deforestation and access to water and adequate sanitation, climate change and increasing temperatures are adding to the daily burden ... Read more »
Extreme weather, rising seas and hotter temperatures are increasingly affecting farmers and their harvests, writes Laurie Goering for the Thomson Reuters Read more »
At least 9% of households of people living with HIV/Aids in Uganda's eastern region lack enough food, according to the findings from the annual report by Uganda Women's Effort to ... Read more »
Rising temperatures and a decline in rainfall across eight Southern and East African countries are set to slash the production of important food crops in the region by 2050, says a ... Read more »
Every day, the food we eat connects us to a vast global network of farmers, traders, food manufacturers, retailers, and many others involved in bringing food from the farm to the ... Read more »
With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the world must wake up, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his keynote address to the 76th ... Read more »
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