Hunger Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/hunger/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 ĢƵ agencies call for funds to reverse food ration cuts for refugees in Rwanda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/un-agencies-call-funds-reverse-food-ration-cuts-refugees-rwanda/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:08:52 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43684 United Nations humanitarian agencies on Thursday called for more donor funding to reverse a 25 per cent reduction in food or cash assistance for more than 100,000 refugees in Rwanda.

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]]> Cities and local policies key to overcome hunger, stresses head of ĢƵ agency /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/cities-and-local-policies-key-to-overcome-hunger-stresses-head-of-un-agency/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:19:02 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33148 Highlighting the potential of cities to address malnutrition, the head of the United Nations food security agency has called for innovative partnerships between urban centres and wide range of stakeholders to overcome the challenge of food waste and to ensure a healthy and nutritious diet for all.

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]]> Rural areas have potential to feed and employ ‘younger, more crowded planet’ – ĢƵ report /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/rural-areas-have-potential-to-feed-and-employ-younger-more-crowded-planet-un-report/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:02:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32623 "Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda depends crucially on progress in rural areas, which is where most of the poor and hungry live,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his foreword to the report.

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]]> Global food prices fall in August as cereal output heads for record high – ĢƵ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/global-food-prices-fall-in-august-as-cereal-output-heads-for-record-high-un/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:57:20 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31137 Global food prices dipped in August, mainly as the prospect of bumper cereal harvests pushed up expectations for larger grain inventories, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. A news release said that the FAO Food Price Index declined 1.3 per cent from July, ending three months of consecutive increases. However, the Index – [...]

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]]> ĢƵ agriculture chief says Uganda ‘leading example’ of sustainable refugee response /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/un-agriculture-chief-says-uganda-leading-example-of-sustainable-refugee-response/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:50:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31029 The head of the United Nations agriculture agency today called for greater funding for a sustainable response to the refugee crisis in Uganda, as he concluded a visit to the country's north hosting those crossing the border for safety. “Uganda's refugee model is an example to the world,” said ĢƵ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José [...]

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]]> Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced by conflict in DR Congo – ĢƵ agency /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/emergency-food-distributions-launched-to-assist-thousands-displaced-by-conflict-in-dr-congo-un-agency/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:51:49 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30618 Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency. The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner World Vision have launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance to 42,000 food insecure people who, [...]

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]]> Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, ĢƵ agencies call for food aid, supplies /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/amid-soaring-food-insecurity-in-dr-congo-un-agencies-call-for-food-aid-supplies/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:05:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30558 More than one in ten people living in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are hungry due to escalating and prolonged conflict and displacement, United Nations agencies today reported, warning that the situation will worsen unless urgent support comes in time. "7.7 million people face acute hunger– a 30 percent increase over [...]

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]]> Safe, effective family planning is key to ’empowering people, developing nations’ – ĢƵ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/07/safe-effective-family-planning-is-key-to-empowering-people-developing-nations-un/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:25:19 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=29777 If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, it would reduce an estimated 100,000 maternal death and avert 67 million unintended pregnancies, the United Nations population agency today said.

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]]> Low food prices foreseen in 2017-2026, but countries need to keep markets stable – ĢƵ-OECD report /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/07/low-food-prices-foreseen-in-2017-2026-but-countries-need-to-keep-markets-stable-un-oecd-report/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:22:39 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=29321 Noting projections of low prices for food commodities over the next decade on the back of abundant stocks of cereal and other staples, the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report have underlined the need for governments continue efforts to provide stability to world food markets.

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]]> Food insecurity threatens children in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia – ĢƵICEF /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/food-insecurity-threatens-children-in-yemen-south-sudan-nigeria-and-somalia-unicef/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:13:00 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=28576 Calling for immediate humanitarian action amid rising malnutrition, thirst and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (ĢƵICEF) warned today that millions of lives are at risk in four countries stretching from Africa to the Middle East.

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]]> VIDEO: Polman promotes SDGs at EAT Stockholm Food Forum /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/06/video-polman-promotes-sdgs-at-eat-stockholm-food-forum/ Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:51:41 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=19530 The post VIDEO: Polman promotes SDGs at EAT Stockholm Food Forum appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Senior ĢƵ official warns funding shortages could be disastrous for chronically food-insecure Mauritania /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/senior-un-official-warns-funding-shortages-could-be-disastrous-for-chronically-food-insecure-mauritania/ Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:25:45 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11645 On her two-day visit to Mauritania, Ertharin Cousin, the Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP), saw at first hand the challenges faced by nearly 1 million food insecure people amid rising malnutrition in the country.

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]]> ĢƵ report: Expanding social protection offers a faster track to ending hunger /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/un-report-expanding-social-protection-offers-a-faster-track-to-ending-hunger/ Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:47:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11377 A new report published today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) finds that social protection is emerging as a critical tool in the drive to eradicate hunger, yet the vast majority of the world’s rural poor are yet to be covered.

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]]> Top ĢƵ forum on food security focuses on eradicating hunger by 2030 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/top-un-forum-on-food-security-focuses-on-eradicating-hunger-by-2030/ Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:03:24 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11353 Marking the first international gathering on food security and nutrition since world leaders approved the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) commenced today, focusing on ending hunger by 2030.

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]]> Food prices staying lower for longer periods, ĢƵ agency says /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/food-prices-staying-lower-for-longer-periods-un-agency-says/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:30:44 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11286 Food prices are staying lower for longer periods, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, saying lower food prices "seem to be a boon to food security and are indeed just that for households who spend a large share of their income on food purchases.”

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]]> Rice genetics placed in global data pool to help develop sustainable crops, says ĢƵ agency /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/rice-genetics-placed-in-global-data-pool-to-help-develop-sustainable-crops-says-un-agency/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:13:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11276 The genome sequences of thousands of rice varieties have been placed with a United Nations-backed treaty on plant genetics by the world’s leading rice research institute to help boost plans to set up a global data exchange for crop genetic resources, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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]]> The Zero Hunger Challenge – Food prices and the market /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/09/the-zero-hunger-challenge-food-prices-and-the-market/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:23:39 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=8351 The post The Zero Hunger Challenge – Food prices and the market appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> “Rethink Zero” – the Zero Hunger Challenge /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/09/rethink-zero-the-zero-hunger-challenge/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:59:48 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=8336 The post “Rethink Zero” – the Zero Hunger Challenge appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Ending hunger, boosting nutrition and tackling climate change top priorities – ĢƵ agriculture agency chief /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/ending-hunger-boosting-nutrition-and-tackling-climate-change-top-priorities-un-agriculture-agency-chief/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:48:14 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=5895 José Graziano da Silva, two days after his re-election as the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for another four years, today announced that eradicating hunger, raising levels of nutrition and addressing climate change are among the agency’s top priorities during his second term.

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]]> ĢƵ agency reports world food prices declining to six-year low /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/un-agency-reports-world-food-prices-declining-to-six-year-low/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:48:48 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=5827 The prices of major food commodities continued their downward trajectory through May as cereal prices dropped amid an increasingly favourable forecast for this year’s harvests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed today.

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