U.N. raises $1.1 billion for Yemen crisis; officials call for an end to the war
The U.N. hosted a humanitarian pep rally in Geneva today, and raised $1.1 billion for Yemen. "Yemen today is experiencing a tragedy of immense proportions. Two years of conflict have devastated the...
View ArticleU.S. quietly boosts funding by $990 million to prevent historic famines
A budget deal struck by the U.S. Congress this week to prevent a government shutdown was viewed as a rebuke to proposed cuts by the Trump administration. Both political parties agreed to continue...
View ArticleDecline in global hunger threatened by climate change and conflict
There are 209 million fewer people who face hunger today that did in 1990. Hunger has become an issue of the past for some 100 million people in the last decade alone. This progress is exciting, but...
View ArticleFighting worsens as South Sudan keeps famine at bay, for now
The cycle continues. South Sudan has once again traveled to the brink of famine only to see it reversed. A projected famine for early 2015 has been “temporarily averted,” said a senior official with...
View ArticleSahel: Drought, displacement and conflict leave 20 million food insecure
Conflict and drought are working in tandem to leave more than 23 million people food insecure in West Africa. Yet again, there are concerns that the region is on the brink of crisis. And predictions of...
View ArticleRestricted aid access pushes parts of South Sudan back to the brink of famine
Hunger is once again a concern in South Sudan. A 2-year-old civil war leaves nearly 4 million people severely food insecure, according to U.N. humanitarian agencies. And the fighting forces are...
View ArticleEffects of El Niño will persist long after it is gone, projections show
Some good news: the El Niño weather phenomenon that caused drought and food insecurity for tens of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa is almost over. Some bad news: the problems caused by the...
View ArticleU.S. Congress passes Global Food Security Act
In a rare act of bipartisanship, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Global Food Security Act (S. 1252). It bolsters efforts by the U.S. to eliminate hunger and malnutrition globally by...
View ArticleSurge of migration makes hunger crisis worse in Afghanistan
More than 9 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2017. The number of people facing hunger is of particular concern, the U.N. has warned. Some 1.8 million people are...
View ArticleVertical farming may not feed the world, but could empower cities
Aware of population growth’s growing impact on global food security, many agricultural experts are debating the use of vertical farming – and its ability to feed the world – but don’t deny its...
View ArticleU.N. raises $1.1 billion for Yemen crisis; officials call for an end to the war
The U.N. hosted a humanitarian pep rally in Geneva today, and raised $1.1 billion for Yemen. "Yemen today is experiencing a tragedy of immense proportions. Two years of conflict have devastated the...
View ArticleU.S. quietly boosts funding by $990 million to prevent historic famines
A budget deal struck by the U.S. Congress this week to prevent a government shutdown was viewed as a rebuke to proposed cuts by the Trump administration. Both political parties agreed to continue...
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