How are Governments Dealing With Hunger?
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the global community marked World Food Day. It is an opportunity for people around the world come together to demand that their governments act to end global hunger, writes the
Institute of Development Studies.
A farmer in Burundi.
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Africa:
World Food Day - What Are Govts Doing to End Hunger?
IDS, 16 October 2013
To mark World Food Day - when people around the world come together to demand that their governments act to end global hunger - the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has… Read more »
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Africa:
Global Hunger Falling, Index Shows
UNIRIN, 16 October 2013
Every year for the past eight years, the Global Hunger Index has mapped the world's nutrition. Over time, the maps demonstrate progress: The dark red splashes across Africa that… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Empowering Female Farmers in Nigeria
SciDev.Net, 14 October 2013
Women are said to be the future of agriculture as more and more men move away to find jobs in cities. Read more »
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Africa:
Rural Women, From Farming to Trading
SciDev.Net, 14 October 2013
In India, where there are more than 30 million small and marginal women farmers, a trade union for self-employed rural women is helping them to create trade organisations so that… Read more »
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Africa:
On World Food Day, WFP Says Investment in Nutrition Is Key to Unlocking a Better Future
WFP, 16 October 2013
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is marking World Food Day on 16 October by highlighting the power of nutrition to transform individuals, societies and economies, and the need to… Read more »