Global hunger rates down, but 850 million still suffer
Fewer people in the world suffer from hunger. That is the good news. The bad news is that some 850 million people wrangle with hunger and 2 billion suffer from what is considered hidden hunger. Those...
View ArticleU.N. comes up short, must cut food aid for Afghanistan and Syria
The United Nations needs nearly twice as much money as it has on hand to feed people in Afghanistan and Syria. The U.N. will have to cut rations, affecting about 7.9 million people, the World Food...
View ArticleFighting worsens as South Sudan keeps famine at bay, for now
The cycle continues. South Sudan has once again traveled to the brink of famine only to see it reversed. A projected famine for early 2015 has been “temporarily averted,” said a senior official with...
View ArticleIslamic State slaps branding on U.N. food aid
The Islamic State is taking a page right out of the humanitarian relief handbook. Or to be more precise, writing on top of it. The World Food Program says images show the Islamist militants are...
View ArticleUndernutrition in India: What is behind the high rates for women
Undernutrition is a major problem in India and understanding its roots is also a challenge. A complex mash-up of gender discrimination and poverty among child-bearing women appears to be the starting...
View ArticleU.N. to cut food rations for South Sudanese refugees
Food rations for some South Sudanese refugees living in Uganda will be cut this July, said the World Food Programme. The announcement comes as a part of the U.N. agency’s latest situation report on the...
View ArticleRestricted aid access pushes parts of South Sudan back to the brink of famine
Hunger is once again a concern in South Sudan. A 2-year-old civil war leaves nearly 4 million people severely food insecure, according to U.N. humanitarian agencies. And the fighting forces are...
View ArticleHow satellites are helping pastoralists find greener pastures in Ethiopia
El Niño combined with climate change has caused major problems for millions of people. Residents of eastern and southern Africa have been particularly hit hard. As many as 36 million people across the...
View ArticleGuess who loses when speculators bet on food?
Food prices and global hunger are predicted to drop in the next 10 years. But treating food as a financial commodity that needs to be maximized ignores costs that are harder to measure in dollars,...
View ArticleFood writer Nathanael Johnson explores improving the first science of...
For today's Humanosphere podcast, we talk about food and agriculture with Nathanael Johnson, a writer for the entertaining and insightful environmental news website Grist.org.
View ArticleEthiopia running out of food aid money, magnifying regional threat
Food aid for millions of Ethiopians will run out by the end of June, according to the United Nations. The Ethiopian government appears to be playing down the crisis, for various reasons. But the UN...
View ArticleU.N. comes up short, must cut food aid for Afghanistan and Syria
The United Nations needs nearly twice as much money as it has on hand to feed people in Afghanistan and Syria. The U.N. will have to cut rations, affecting about 7.9 million people, the World Food...
View ArticleFighting worsens as South Sudan keeps famine at bay, for now
The cycle continues. South Sudan has once again traveled to the brink of famine only to see it reversed. A projected famine for early 2015 has been “temporarily averted,” said a senior official with...
View ArticleIslamic State slaps branding on U.N. food aid
The Islamic State is taking a page right out of the humanitarian relief handbook. Or to be more precise, writing on top of it. The World Food Program says images show the Islamist militants are...
View ArticleUndernutrition in India: What is behind the high rates for women
Undernutrition is a major problem in India and understanding its roots is also a challenge. A complex mash-up of gender discrimination and poverty among child-bearing women appears to be the starting...
View ArticleU.N. to cut food rations for South Sudanese refugees
Food rations for some South Sudanese refugees living in Uganda will be cut this July, said the World Food Programme. The announcement comes as a part of the U.N. agency’s latest situation report on the...
View ArticleRestricted aid access pushes parts of South Sudan back to the brink of famine
Hunger is once again a concern in South Sudan. A 2-year-old civil war leaves nearly 4 million people severely food insecure, according to U.N. humanitarian agencies. And the fighting forces are...
View ArticleHow satellites are helping pastoralists find greener pastures in Ethiopia
El Niño combined with climate change has caused major problems for millions of people. Residents of eastern and southern Africa have been particularly hit hard. As many as 36 million people across the...
View ArticleGuess who loses when speculators bet on food?
Food prices and global hunger are predicted to drop in the next 10 years. But treating food as a financial commodity that needs to be maximized ignores costs that are harder to measure in dollars,...
View ArticleFood writer Nathanael Johnson explores improving the first science of...
For today's Humanosphere podcast, we talk about food and agriculture with Nathanael Johnson, a writer for the entertaining and insightful environmental news website Grist.org.
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