food security

FAO/Stefanie Glinski

News in Brief 18 July 2019

18 July 2019
News in Brief
  • UN independent experts urge Italy to stop 'criminalising' migrant rescues 
  • In Myanmar, girls trafficked abroad for sex work, says UN independent expert
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FAO/Manan Vatsyayana

Over 820 million people suffering from hunger; new UN report reveals stubborn realities of ‘immense’ global challenge

15 July 2019
Economic Development

After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has slowly increased over the past three years, with about one in every nine people globally suffering from hunger today, the United Nations said in a new report released on Monday.

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Nutrition, ecosystems and livelihoods at risk, despite age of plenty

14 June 2019
Interviews

The way we produce food today is damaging ecosystems around the world and threatening biodiversity, despite being more abundant and of better quality than ever before. That’s a paradox highlighted by former top UN official Dr. David Nabarro in an interview with UN News this week, after he’d taken part in The Future of Food International Symposium in Rome, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua

News in Brief 14 June 2019

14 June 2019
News in Brief
  • South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN food agency
  • Amid Sudan protest uncertainty, Darfur is still in crisis: OCHA
  • 5G technology jeopardizes forecasting and early warning alerts, say UN weather experts
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4'9"
©FAO/Giuseppe Carotenuto

News in Brief 10 June 2019

10 June 2019
News in Brief
  • UN report issues ‘declaration of digital interdependence’ 
  • Concern, as tensions rise over Iranian nuclear issue  
  • Future food systems centre stage at Rome symposium 
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WFP/James Belgrave

North Korean families facing deep ‘hunger crisis’ after worst harvest in 10 years, UN food assessment shows

3 May 2019
Humanitarian Aid

More than 10 million North Koreans are suffering “severe food shortages” after the worst harvest in a decade, according to a United Nations food security assessment released on Friday.

UNICEF/James Oatway

News in Brief 25 April 2019

25 April 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Zero malaria starts with me’: UN health agency 
  • UN project to aid 140,000 in the Sahel 
  • ‘A dark day’ for media freedoms in Myanmar 
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3'16"
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Latest world hunger report an ‘alarming signal’ says senior UN economist

11 September 2018
Interviews

More people were hungry in 2017 than at any time over the previous decade, according to the latest edition of the annual flagship UN report State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World.  Cindy Holleman, a senior economist with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and one of the lead authors of the study, spoke to UN News’ Yasmina Guerda about the key findings of the report.

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FAOLesotho/Lechoko Noko

New UN-supported farming app is cream of crop in tackling Sahel pest

25 June 2018
Economic Development

Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have a new digital weapon in their agricultural armoury to take on the Fall Armyworm – a crop pest that’s threatening the food security of 300 million people – the United Nations said on Monday.

FAO/Giulio Napolitano

Hunger surges amid deadly conflicts, poor weather conditions in many countries – UN agriculture agency

7 June 2018
Climate Change

Despite ample food supplies, persistent conflicts and adverse climate shocks are taking a toll on global food security, according to a new report launched on Thursday by the United Nation’s agriculture agency.