food

Failed rains may leave up to 2.5 million Kenyans dependent on food aid – UN agency

16 December 2005
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that rain failure could cause the number of people needing food aid in Kenya to more than double – from the current 1.1 million to 2.5 million – while appeals for funds have come up short.
MV Blue Dream in Shenzhen, China

UN food agency sees partnership with China as key tool in war on global hunger

15 December 2005
A strong partnership between the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian agency and China, and the world’s most populous country, could have enormous bearing on the fight against global hunger, the agency’s chief said today.
Searching for food

UN reports serious concern over food situation in southern Africa

13 December 2005
Nearly 12 million people in southern Africa, mainly in Zimbabwe and Malawi, are still in need of emergency food assistance despite a record maize harvest in South Africa, according to the new Africa report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today.

UN relief agencies turn to video games to raise awareness of world’s ills

8 December 2005
From the crippling toll of hunger to the desperate plight of refugees, United Nations relief agencies are turning to video games as a vivid tool with realistic simulation to raise awareness of the world’s ills among the more affluent nations.

UN agency heads call on world trade negotiators to protect in-kind food aid

8 December 2005
Citing a proposal before next week’s world trade talks in Hong Kong that would ban food aid in kind or restrict it to major emergencies, three of the largest United Nations agencies today called on negotiators to protect food donations through the UN to cope with emergencies and feed vulnerable groups.

Businessman in pinstripe suit does African mother's work in UN food agency ad

29 November 2005
From a businessman in a pinstripe suit pounding food with a crying baby strapped to his back to the fact that the cost of a dessert in a posh restaurant could feed someone in the developing world for a month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is launching a new ad campaign to win the hearts and minds of Europe.

Development needed to combat hunger in Sahel, UN conference concludes

18 November 2005
At a United Nations meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on food problems of the Sahel – the often parched region to the south of the Sahara – humanitarian and development officials have reached agreement on the need to couple emergency relief with development activities toward a lasting solution to area’s recurrent hunger crises.

Food insecurity in Africa’s Sahel region to be addressed at UN meeting in Dakar

14 November 2005
At a United Nations meeting Dakar, Senegal, tomorrow, humanitarian and development officials will discuss food security in Africa’s Sahel, a band of land south of the Sahara hit by drought and locusts.

Broad educational programme vital to lift rural people out of poverty – UN paper

10 November 2005
With non-farm sources accounting for up to 50 per cent of household incomes in rural areas of some developing countries, a broad educational programme that goes beyond agriculture is crucial to improving livelihoods and combating hunger and poverty, according to a United Nations paper released today.
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah ®

Islamic States gather at UN-backed meeting to aid quarter of world’s children

8 November 2005
With some 4.3 million children under five dying each year from preventable disease and malnutrition in Islamic countries, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is co-organizing a three-day meeting in Rabat, Morocco, intended to make a lasting difference for more than a quarter of the world’s children.