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Africa: Central African Republic Tops World Hunger Index
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 15 October 2019
Central African Republic topped an annual world hunger index on Tuesday as aid agencies warned that climate change was making it increasingly hard to feed the world. Read more »
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Africa: Why Water Is Essential for Healthier Diets and Zero Hunger
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 16 October 2019
It is often said that the human body needs water before it needs food. And the reality is that we need a lot of water in order to produce food. Read more »
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Africa: Women and Food Security: the Case for Food System Transformation
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 16 October 2019
Though women make up 43 percent of the agricultural labor force worldwide and they produce 60-80 percent of the food in the developing world, traditional power structures in the… Read more »
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Africa: Expert Views - Changing Incentives and Policies Crucial to End Hunger and Malnutrition
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 16 October 2019
Aid agencies, the United Nations and its member countries mark World Food Day on Wednesday in the shadow of a worsening hunger and malnutrition crisis fuelled by climate change,… Read more »
On World Food Day 2019, CAR Tops Global Hunger Index
With one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted, and millions still going hungry, humanitarian agencies are shining a spotlight on the issue on World Food Day 2019. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has published its annual State of Food and Agriculture report, while the Global Hunger Index says that progress towards a 2030 zero hunger target agreed by world leaders is "under threat or is being reversed". Unicef has also released a report saying that an alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them.
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Globally, 821.6 million people - or 11% of the population - suffer from hunger, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 report. Africa has the ... 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 »
