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Africa: True Cost of a Plate of Food Around the World #WorldFoodDay
IPS, 15 October 2018
How much would you expect to pay for the most basic plate of food? The kind of thing you might whip up at home - nothing fancy, just enough to fill you up and meet a third of… Read more »
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Africa: Some Facts About How Much Food is Wasted Globally
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 16 October 2018
Rich nations waste $750 billion of food each year, double the amount needed to end global hunger, David Beasley, head of the United Nations World Food Programme, said on Tuesday. Read more »
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Africa: Food Costs Should Cause 'Shock and Outrage' As Countries in Conflict See Spiralling Prices
WFP, 16 October 2018
Now in its second edition, WFP's Counting the Beans (http://wfp.org/plateoffood) index covers 52 developing nations. The aim is to give consumers in wealthy, industrialized… Read more »
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East Africa: World Food Day - Food Security Situation in East Africa
The Exchange, 16 October 2018
A #ZeroHungerWorld by 2030 is possible; reads a banner on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) website. Today, the world marks World food day. Read more »
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Mauritius: World Food Day 2018 Advocates Elimination of Famine Across the Globe
Government of Mauritius, 16 October 2018
An exhibition of posters showcasing local agricultural practices in the context of World Food Day 2018, was inaugurated this morning at the Esplanade of the Renganaden Seeneevassen… Read more »
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Tanzania: Availability, Affordability of Healthier Food for Deliberation
Daily News, 16 October 2018
GLOBAL Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is co-hosting the first ever investment on nutrition conference that starts here today, attracting donors, businesspersons,… Read more »
True Cost of a Plate of Food Around the World #WorldFoodDay
How much would you expect to pay for the most basic plate of food? The kind of thing you might whip up at home - nothing fancy, just enough to fill you up and meet a third of today's calorie needs. A soup, maybe, or a simple stew - some beans or lentils, a handful of rice, bread, or corn?
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Many have warned that if women's unpaid work is to be duly counted, the economic model as we know it would fall apart. Yet, are we aware of how the world would be fed if women in ... Read more »
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"If there was good rain, all of our problems would be solved," says Saidou. This isn't looking likely: in the Sahel, the gaps between the hardship years are getting smaller and ... Read more »
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World efforts to lower hunger to zero by 2030 are being negated by warfare and climate change, nutritionists warn. German aid organisation Welthungerhilfe (World Hunger Relief) has ... Read more »
