food

A child has a meal at a food distribution centre.
UN Photo/Albert González Farran

WFP delivers aid to more than one million people in NE Nigeria

30 December 2016
General News

More than one million people in conflict-affected areas of northeast Nigeria have received food aid or cash since the beginning of the month, the World Food Programme (WFP) reports.

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Almost 20 months into Yemen's conflict, shortages of food, medicine and basic supplies are placing millions of people on the brink of starvation.
WHO Yemen

Civil conflict and unpredictable weather cast ‘long shadow’ on food security’ in 2016 – UN

8 December 2016
This year, the world suffered many weather-related shocks and civil conflicts which pressured food security for many countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said today in a new report, which said that while the global agricultural situation is posited to improve in 2017, some 39 countries currently need food assistance.
The new report examines not only the effects of persistent undernutrition in the Asia-Pacific region but also the impact of poor diets, such as rising obesity and micronutrient deficiency.
FAO/ Vinod Ahuja

In 'wake-up call' to Asia-Pacific, UN report urges region to do more to achieve zero hunger by 2030

6 December 2016
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched a report that outlines declining progress towards defeating hunger in Asia and the Pacific, noting that nearly one-in-three children suffer from stunting, and warning that to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of zero hunger by 2030, the region must redouble its efforts.
Armenian cheese on sale at the market in Yerevan, the capital and largest city in the country.
FAO/Biayna Mahari

Sugar, dairy and staple grains push food price index up by 0.7 per cent in October – UN

10 November 2016
Rise in the price indices of staple grains, sugar and dairy have pushed global food price index up by 0.7 per cent in October 2016 to 172.6 points (9.1 per cent from a year earlier), the United Nations food and agricultural agency said today.
Amir Abdulla.
UN Photo/Matt Wells

Widening the “safety net” and “digital food” in cities

24 October 2016
General News

Cities of the future will have an expanded “social safety net,” including more “digital food” for the needy, according to the deputy chief of the World Food Programme (WFP).

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Food waste harms climate, water, land and biodiversity.
UNEP

Wasting food can have negative impacts on climate: FAO

16 October 2016
General News

People are throwing away so much that it’s having a negative impact on the climate, a representative from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization  has warned.

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A woman pounds cassava to produce flour, in Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

With record harvests, world’s food import bill expected to fall 11 per cent – UN agency

6 October 2016
With prices for most of the internationally-traded agricultural commodities, especially for the staple grains remaining relatively ‘low and stable,’ it is expected the global food import prices will fall to a six-year low, the United Nations agricultural agency said today.
Executive Director Ertharin Cousin with a young recipient of WFP assistance, southern Madagascar
WFP/David Orr

UN food relief agency to scale up emergency operations in southern Madagascar

5 October 2016
Following a visit to Madagascar, the Executive Director of the United Nations’ food relief agency has announced plans to scale up humanitarian operations in response to rising levels of hunger and malnutrition as a third consecutive year of drought deepens the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the island nation.
Idriss Deby.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

UN and Africa: focus on African development, climate change and SDGs

22 September 2016
UN and Africa

Terrorism “threat of the century” says Chad President

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A grain field near the village of Nieuw-Beerta, in the province of Groningen, in the north-east of The Netherlands.

Improved cereal production expected but staple food prices also rise – UN agricultural agency

8 September 2016
Despite a fall in global grain prices and the expectation of improved cereal production, global staple food prices have risen in August, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said today.