Change Priorities to Curb Food Losses
The Herald
Unpredictable rainfall patterns and heatwaves are beginning to influence priorities for developing countries to direct more attention and resources to reducing food losses. Read more »
Explainer - Is Climate Change Boosting Hunger Around the World? #AfricaClimateCrisis
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Extreme weather, rising seas and hotter temperatures are increasingly affecting farmers and their harvests. What needs to change - and what could help? Read more »
Sweden and UN Agencies Launch Multi-Year Project to Strengthen Food and Nutrition Security in Mali #AfricaClimateCrisis
WFP
The Government of Sweden, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) have… Read more »
Turkana Farmers Embrace Groundnuts Production to Boost Income, Nutrition
Nation
It's 11am on a Tuesday at the Nanyee Irrigation Scheme and even the cruel sun beating down on the 230-acre farm isn't enough to force Ms Agnes Esinyen to go back home or take… Read more »
Project to End Malnutrition Launched in Kabale
Monitor
Although Uganda has experienced a substantial reduction in the prevalence of stunting from 45 per cent in 2000 to 29 per cent in 2016, undernutrition in all its forms continues to… Read more »
Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF and Partners Discuss Advancing the Nutrition Agenda in Uganda [press release]
WHO-AFRO
29 November 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the country's stakeholders on nutrition discussed advancing the nutrition agenda in Uganda in a one-day… Read more »
Households of HIV Patients Lack Enough Food - Report
Monitor
At least nine percent of households of people living with HIV/Aids in the eastern region lack enough food, a new report has shown. Read more »
Kagame Tasks Newly Elected Local Leaders to Stamp Out Child Stunting
New Times
President Paul Kagame has, today on November 29, tasked newly elected local leaders to eradicate the rampant issue of child stunting in different districts, pointing out that they… Read more »
MSF Treats Thousands of Children for Malnutrition as Conflict Surges in the Northwest
MSF
Doctors Without Borders has launched a new program to treat malnourished children in Katsina state, in the northwest of Nigeria, as conflict and insecurity surge in the region. Read more »
Report Raises Concern Over Child Nutrition in Rural Eastern Cape
spotlight
A recent study in Mqanduli and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape found that children's healthy growth and development is not only undermined by their inability to access… Read more »
The Critical Importance of Maternal Nutrition, Food Security and Health Inequalities Among Children Under Five Years [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Discussing the critical nature of the first 1,000 days of a child's life, how protest movements are formed, disparities in children's health and a human rights-based approach to… Read more »
Rugby, Nutrition and Sunny Skies Bridge the Gap for a Day in Cape Town's Lavender Hill [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Lavender Hill residents in Cape Town were treated to sports stars, entertainment and a nutritious meal on Saturday, 13 November 2021, celebrated as World Kindness Day… Read more »
Rich Food From Poor Fish, Making Food and Health Sustainable
IPS
During the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, a breastfeeding mother struggled to improve the health of her malnourished child. With the closure of her local health centre, she worried… Read more »
WFP Warns 3 Million More Now 'Teetering On the Edge of Famine'
UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million - up by three million this… Read more »
