USDA Warns the World on Food Security
By the end of the next decade food security could deteriorate in some of the world's poorest countries, warns USDA According to a recent global forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleNkwinti Speaks Out About ‘Zuma NGO’
Nkwinti opens up about the controversial Masibambisane development project run by President Jacob Zuma and his cousin Rural Affairs Minister, Gugile Nkwinti, has for the first time opened up about the...
View Article60m Needed to Feed Hungry Zimbabweans
The UN is reportedly seeking to raise US$60 million to help feed Zimbabwe’s two million people The United Nations (UN) is reportedly seeking to raise US$60 million to help feed Zimbabwe’s two million...
View ArticleCall to Scale-Up Policies to Eliminate Hunger
An NGO suggests that hunger could be eliminated by 2025 if enough resources are committed and countries scale up policies proven to work International Food Policy Organisation suggests in a report...
View ArticleDespite Climate Change, Africa Can Feed Africa
Africa’s inability to act against climate change could contribute to high levels of food insecurity in the years to come Climate change comes with never-before-experienced impacts. For example, crop...
View ArticleStarvation to Hit Swaziland
A newspaper reports that people in rural Swaziland are about to die of hunger A Swazi-based newspaper has reported that people in rural Swaziland are about to die of hunger. The report states that...
View ArticleUS Govt Tackles Food Shortages in Zim
US government launches a five-year, US$100 million programme to assist more than a half-million hungry Zimbabweans The United States (US) government has launched a five-year, US$100 million programme...
View ArticleWorld Hunger Day Commemorated
World Hunger Day aims to find sustainable solutions to ending extreme hunger and poverty World Hunger Day, which is being observed on 28 May, is aimed at finding sustainable solutions to ending...
View ArticleCampaign Aims to Fight Hunger
Food Bank Angola holds a foodstuffs raising campaign to contribute to the fight against hunger Food Bank Angola (BAA) in partnership with local supermarkets held a foodstuffs raising campaign in...
View ArticleFood Aid Needed for Refugees in Africa
WFP and UNHCR launch an urgent appeal to address a funding shortfall in 22 African countries The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have launched an urgent appeal...
View ArticleGMOs: The ‘Good and Bad’
The AU calls for an explanation regarding the good and the bad of GMOs for Ugandans to decide which path to take According to an article articled ‘The Good and Bad of Genetically Modified Organisms’...
View ArticleCan GM Technology End Hunger in Africa?
African nations appear reluctant to embrace the GM bandwagon that promises to fight hunger and poverty, writes Cheong For centuries, biotechnology has been used to modify food for human consumption....
View ArticleSouth Africa Prioritises Food Security
South Africa mulls ways to improve access to food and ensure good nutrition The South African government is mulling ways to improve access to food and ensure good nutrition, including proposals to...
View ArticleSouth Africans to Celebrate World Food Day
16 October is World Food Day and sadly, a grim shadow of hunger and malnutrition hangs over the gains of the democratic era 16 October is World Food Day and as the 20th World Food Day since the...
View ArticleCall for a Realistic Approach to End Hunger
Oxfam calls for the development of a more holistic and integrated approach to end the scourge of hunger in South Africa Oxfam says that a more holistic and integrated approach needs to be developed to...
View ArticleAfricans Worst Affected by Undernourishment
Africa lags behind in tackling hunger with reports showing that over 25 percent of Africa’s population suffer from acute undernourishment Africa is lagging behind in tackling hunger with reports...
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