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The most severe drought in decades has struck parts of Ethiopia, exacerbated by a particularly strong El Niño effect. This has led to successive failed harvests and widespread livestock deaths in some areas, and humanitarian needs have tripled since the beginning of 2015.
WFP/Melese Awoke

Drought drives food price spike in East Africa, UN warns

14 February 2017
East Africa’s ongoing drought has sharply curbed harvests and drive up the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region, the United Nations agricultural agency said today.
Around 200 displaced families live in an informal settlement in Dharwan, Yemen. Here, a 12-year old girl keeps watch over her younger brothers.
UNHCR/Mohammed Hamoud

“Huge jump” in food insecurity across Yemen: FAO

10 February 2017
General News

There’s been a “huge jump” in food insecurity across Yemen, with three million more in need compared with seven months ago, said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday.

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A farmer collects food ration for his family. An estimated 12 million Yemenis are food insecure.
WFP

12 million people in Yemen depend on aid for “their survival”

8 February 2017
General News

A US$2.1 billion appeal to help 12 million Yemenis who depend on aid “for their survival” has been launched by the UN and its humanitarian partners.

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Children washing carrots and potatoes on the Altiplano in Bolivia.
UN Photo/J Fox

Agricultural leaders urged to act now to avert global water crisis

19 January 2017
General News

With agriculture currently accounting for 70 per cent of global water usage, decision makers in the industry are being urged to strengthen efforts to tackle a looming water crisis.

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Farmers beat rice to release grains near the village of Kamangu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
FAO/Olivier Asselin

Global food prices fall for fifth year in a row, but economic uncertainties remain for 2017 – UN

12 January 2017
Data from 2016 reveals that for the fifth year in a row, the prices of food around the world have declined, in some cases 1.5 per cent below 2015 levels, a monthly United Nations report revealed.
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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