food crisis

UN-backed 2009 summit on world food crisis gains support

23 March 2009
A proposed 2009 world summit on the food crisis, which continues in poor countries despite falling commodity prices, is rapidly gaining backing and growing in relevance, the United Nations agricultural agency said today.

Food price fluctuation driven by financial speculation – UN report

19 March 2009
Both the surging food prices from 2007 to 2008 and their subsequent drop in some areas are a result of large-scale speculation by financial investors, according to a new report by the United Nations trade body, which called for greater regulation to protect millions of poor people worldwide.
FAO Goodwill Ambassador Roberto Baggio

UN unites with European soccer stars to ‘red card’ global hunger

11 March 2009
The biggest stars in professional football and millions of their fans will aim to score a goal against global hunger in the first-ever Europe-wide soccer weekend to draw attention to the plight of the nearly 1 billion hungry people worldwide, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

Food crisis not yet over, warns top UN rights official

9 March 2009
Despite falling food prices worldwide, the global food crisis has not ended, the top United Nations human rights official cautioned today, emphasizing the need to view the issue through the very basic right to adequate food.
Secretary-General addresses UNIS-UN food crisis meeting

Greater efforts must be made to realize every person’s right to food – Ban

5 March 2009
With the number of hungry people around the world surging amid the current global financial crisis and the effects of climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to scale-up efforts to combat hunger and realize every person’s right to food.

‘Green revolution’ can ensure enough food for entire world – UN environment agency

17 February 2009
Unless major changes are made – including the way food is produced, handled and disposed of around the world – last year’s food crisis which plunged millions back into hunger may foreshadow an even bigger crisis in the years to come, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report.
Anna Tibaijuka

UN appeals for funds to feed hungry Kenyans

10 February 2009
The United Nations headquarters in Kenya has kicked off a drive to collect funds to help millions of people starving in the East African nation.

Ban urges greater efforts to feed world’s hungry amid ongoing recession

27 January 2009
In spite of the “unprecedented” effort launched last year to respond to the food crisis, greater efforts are needed to feed the hungry as the world faces an economic slowdown, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Number of hungry people worldwide nears 1 billion mark, UN agency reports

9 December 2008
With 40 million people being pushed into hunger this year mostly due to soaring food prices, the number of undernourished people worldwide is approaching the 1 billion mark, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

Plant-breeding technique using radiation could pull millions out of hunger – UN

2 December 2008
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today called for stepped up investment in a nearly century-old technique using radiation to produce high-yielding plants to help the millions of people worldwide in the throes of hunger.