food crisis

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN seeks $38 million to respond to Lesotho’s food crisis

28 September 2012
The United Nations today appealed for $38.5 million to help 725,000 people – a third of the population – in the small African country of Lesotho who are affected by a food crisis.
The poorest of those most affected by high food prices spend over 75 per cent of their income on food

UN issues policy guide for countries hit hard by high food prices

26 January 2011
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling on countries to carefully examine the implications of high food prices and not to take any policy actions that might appear useful in the short term but could have harmful, longer-term effects or even aggravate the situation.
Rising food prices are a serious problem in Gulf nations which are highly dependent on imports

Rising food prices highlight need to boost investment in agriculture – UN official

23 November 2010
The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today stressed the need to boost investment in agriculture to ensure long-term food security, while also calling for urgent structural changes to the global food system.
Food prices are still high in many poor countries

Global food prices may be even higher next year, warns new UN report

17 November 2010
Global food import bills may pass the $1 trillion mark in 2010, a level not seen since food prices peaked in 2008, says a new United Nations report, which warns that harder times could be ahead without a major increase in food production next year.
Children, pregnant women and nursing mothers are among the DPRK's most vulnerable members of the population

Millions in DPR Korea to face food shortages despite good harvest – UN agencies

16 November 2010
Two United Nations food agencies warned today that about five million people living in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will continue to face food shortages despite a relatively good harvest and a slight increase in food supply.
Food prices up on wheat price rise

Renewed instability in global food markets requires urgent response – UN expert

7 September 2010
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on governments and the international community to promptly tackle the renewed instability of global food markets, noting the related social unrest that has hit some countries in recent weeks.

Global wheat production forecast to be lower than expected – UN

4 August 2010
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 due to the impact of poor weather on crops in recent weeks, but allayed fears of a new food crisis, noting that current stocks should be adequate.

Independent UN expert urges legal reforms to boost right to food

14 May 2010
The right to food has gained significant recognition in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South Asia, but more national institutional reforms are needed to ensure that the fight against hunger is rooted in legal mechanisms, a United Nations expert has said.
Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power of Ireland

Time to act to combat global hunger is now, Ireland tells UN debate

28 September 2009
The fact that one billion people on the planet suffer from hunger represents a collective failure by the international community, Ireland told the General Assembly today, stressing that the time to act together to eradicate this scourge is now.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses meeting as Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) and Prime Minister Hasina listen

Global food security takes centre stage at high-level UN event

26 September 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today brought together representatives from 100 countries to discuss ways to boost global food security, a vital issue in a world where one sixth of humanity suffers from chronic hunger.