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Africa:
Dying of Hunger - What Is a Famine?
Al Jazeera, 28 February 2017
From ancient Rome to modern times, mankind has suffered devastating periods of hunger caused by drought, war or misguided politics. Read more »
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Africa:
AfDB Takes Agricultural Transformation Discourse to India, Cradle of Green Revolution
African Development Bank (AfDB), 28 February 2017
Agriculture, agri-business and agro-industries will dominate the knowledge events of the 2017 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group scheduled to take place from May… Read more »
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Africa:
Oslo Conference Calls On Donors to Fight Famine, Starvation
RFI, 24 February 2017
An international donor conference in Oslo, Norway aiming to raise a chunk of the 1.4 billion euros the United Nations says it needs to address deepening food insecurity in the… Read more »
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Africa:
Experts - African Hunger Crisis Largely Man-made
VOA, 27 February 2017
This year, more so than usual, hunger is stalking Africa. The United Nations has declared a famine in parts of South Sudan and food insecurity is affecting tens of millions in… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Sustainable Development Beyond Food Security Issue
Ethiopian Herald, 28 February 2017
With enough food to feed everyone on the planet, why are there so many hungry people? This is just a rational question posed by the United Nations. As long as a number of hungry… Read more »
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Africa:
3 Key Ingredients to Achieve Food Security in Africa
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 February 2017
Feeding a growing number of Africans, as climate change intensifies, will require boosting harvests - and environmental protection African farmers face one of the greatest… Read more »
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Kenya:
3 Million Kenyans Get Relief Food
East African, 26 February 2017
The Kenya government has doubled relief food rations to feed 3 million people, up from an initial 1.3 million under the feeding programme, State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu… Read more »