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Africa: World Food Day 2017 - Change the Future of Migration. Invest in Food Security and Rural Development
IPS, 9 October 2017
Large movements of people is one of the most complex challenges the world faces today. In recent years there has been a huge increase in the number of people migrating around the… Read more »
#WorldFoodDay - Linking Food Security and Migration
Almost three-quarters of the extreme poor base their livelihoods on agriculture or other rural activities. Creating conditions that allow rural people, especially youth, to stay at home when they feel it is safe to do so, and to have more resilient livelihoods, is an essential component of responding to the migration challenge, writes IPS.
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Africa: Food Insecurity and Forced Displacement of People - Where Do We Draw the Line?
IPS, 13 October 2017
The World Food Programme estimates that more than 100 million people worldwide face severe food insecurity. The situation is most severe in countries affected by conflict and… Read more »
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Africa: Overcoming the Challenges - Securing the World's Food, Energy and Water
IPS, 13 October 2017
According to the United Nations estimates almost 800 million people suffer from chronic hunger (1 in every 9 persons on the planet) and a higher number (1 in 3) suffer from… Read more »
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Africa: Not True That Hunger Doesn't Discriminate - It Does
IPS, 13 October 2017
In a world where only 8 individuals - all of them men- possess as much as half of all the planet's wealth, and it will take women 170 years to be paid as men are*, inequality… Read more »
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Africa: Women Are Pivotal to Addressing Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty
IPS, 13 October 2017
The 16th of October marks World Food Day, a reminder to the international community of the criticality of treating food security as a 21st Century priority if sustainable… Read more »
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Africa: Hunger in Africa, Land of Plenty
IPS, 14 October 2017
Globally, 108 million people faced food crises in 2016, compared to about 80 million in 2015 - an increase of 35%, according to the 2017 Global Report on Food Crises. Another 123… Read more »
