John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Water, Food/Nutrition, Ag Africa, Weather, Food Security/Shortage,
Drought and Floods in Southern Africa: WFP Chief Calls for Action
Millions of people are facing hunger due to El Niño-fueled drought and floods in southern Africa, WFP Executive Director McCain warned.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Gardening, Education, Food Security/Shortage,
How a school meals greenhouse brings colour and nutrition to children’s diets in Tajikistan | World Food Programme
As extreme weather linked to climate change bites, a home-grown school meals project backed by the World Food Programme is sprouting pumpkins for munchkins
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05/21/2024 SOURCE: www.weforum.org
Leveraging the African Continent Free Trade Area, also known as AfCFTA, can help improve Africa's agriculture and food production and improve livelihoods.
How free trade can boost sustainable agriculture in Africa
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05/18/2024 SOURCE: news.un.org
Kornelia Icha has never gone hungry or got close to starvation. Very few people do in Indonesia with its fertile soil and tropical climate. But, until a recent intervention by the National Food Agency, her diet consisted mostly of rice, corn, onions and the occasional meat dish.
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
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05/13/2024 SOURCE: m.youtube.com
To guarantee food for Venezuelan families the Ministry of Agriculture is promoting a program of urban crops. teleSUR
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Food Security/Shortage,
Scientists behind giant 'Doomsday' seed vault win World Food Prize
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in 2008 and now holds 1.25 million seed samples from nearly every country in the world.
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05/09/2024 SOURCE: www.goodnewsnetwork.org
On the surface it seems to be just the latest African tree-planting scheme, but actually promises to be a direct stimulant to rural farming.
African Forest Farming Initiative Making A Difference to Thousands with Tree-Planting and Microlending
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04/29/2024 SOURCE: www.arabnews.com
Asia has about 60 percent of the world’s population but only about a third of its arable land. Food security expert Paul Teng of Nanyang Technological University consistently uses such measured words to explain his findings. Teng has been underlining the food security challenges facing Asia and the rest of the world for decades, highlighting the challenges associated with
Can Asia be relied on to ensure global food security?
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04/29/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com
The whole southern Africa region has taken strain and will see a significant reduction in the volume of the crop produced.
Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: how to blunt the impact
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries faced acute hunger in 2023 - Global Report | Headlines
This rise was due to the report’s increased coverage of food crisis contexts as well as a sharp deterioration in food security, especially in the Gaza Strip and the Sudan.
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