food

A farmer works in a rice field in Bagré, Burkina Faso.
© FAO/Alessandra Benedetti

Free up ‘bottlenecks’ stifling Africa’s agri-food sector, urges FAO chief 

10 May 2021
Economic Development

The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted food insecurity and was hampering the future development of countries across the continent. 

Displaced victims of the West Java tsunami in Indonesia collect World Food Programme (WFP) food aid.
WFP/Barry Came

Rising hunger, ‘an outrage in a world of plenty’: Guterres

16 November 2020
Humanitarian Aid

“Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty”, the UN chief told the governing body of the Organization’s food agency on Monday, highlighting the important role of food security in cementing peace. 
 

A woman carries sacks of seeds distributed to families in South Sudan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FAO/Mayak Akuot

Act now to avert COVID-19 global food emergency: Guterres

9 June 2020
Health

Although the COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly 50 million more people into extreme poverty, this and other dire impacts of the crisis can be avoided if countries act immediately to shore up global food security, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday.