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With people in southern Madagascar ‘living on the brink,' UN scales up efforts to avert food crisis

With people in southern Madagascar ‘living on the brink,' UN scales up efforts to avert food crisis

Oct 21, 2016, at 01:45 pm

New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): Following a report that more than half of the population in southern Madagascar – 840,000 people – is experiencing alarming rates of food insecurity, United Nations agencies are responding to the most severe cases of malnutrition and acute hunger to prevent a catastrophe.

UN agency provides food to Syrians fleeing Aleppo fighting

UN agency provides food to Syrians fleeing Aleppo fighting

Feb 10, 2016, at 03:47 pm

New York, Feb 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday it has started distributing urgently needed food to people displaced by the recent surge in violence in Syria’s northern Aleppo.

Sudan: UN urges support to prevent further food crisis

Sudan: UN urges support to prevent further food crisis

Apr 11, 2014, at 06:59 pm

New York, Apr 11 (IBNS): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday called for urgent support for farmers and herders in Sudan in order to help prevent a further worsening of the food security situation in the country.