FAO: Protracted crises push hunger rates up in Near East, North Africa
While hunger rates have declined across the world, some 33 million people in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) are chronically hungry today. That is double the number reported …
Report: State of food insecurity in the world 2015
While the number of food insecure people in the world has dropped to 795 million, one in every nine people still goes hungry. And the changing nature of global crises …
via Dan Charles (@nprDanCharles): In recent years quinoa – a grain – has surged in popularity. 2013 was declared the “International Year of Quinoa” by the United Nations. Now the …
As an important anti-hunger conference takes place in the United States, it seems timely to revisit the UN FAO’s State of Food Insecurity in the World Report (2014). There’s also …
Food waste is a serious economic and environmental issue
A report issued by a British organization estimates that about sixty million metric tons of food is wasted each year in the U.S. Thirty-two million metric tons of that may …
“Agriculture must change” UN FAO leader tells international gathering
On the eve of an important international gathering focused on agriculture and climate change, the director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) said, “Agriculture must change.” …
International meeting to focus on hunger, malnutrition
More than 800 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger. It is a complex and seemingly intractable issue. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Food Policy …
Production from fish farms will grow by as much as 4.14 percent annually through 2022, a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) and the Organization …
New study: urban ag more prevalant than thought
NPR reports on a new study published by Environmental Research Letters, which indicates that up to 1.1 billion acres of land is being cultivated for food in or near cities. …