UN study says with 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste
While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fifth of food is thrown away.
Gazans eating wild plants to survive, claims UN
UN News has learned that out of desperation, some Gazans have resorted to selling wild plants with little nutritional value, in the markets of their devastated enclave. In this special report, Ziad Taleb spoke to some of the young people trying to make a living, despite the ever-present dangers.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization wars acute hunger set to soar across the globe
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday that acute hunger is set to soar globally, on the back of “massive underfunding” in agriculture support programmes during times of crisis.
24 million more people could face emergency levels of hunger this year: WFP
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that a historic funding shortfall was forcing it to “drastically” cut rations in most of its operations, potentially pushing an additional 24 million people to the brink of starvation over the next 12 months.
Pakistan, Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report
New York: Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of 22 countries, which include Afghanistan and Pakistan, a new UN early warning report has found.
Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns
New York: A growing crisis is pushing a higher number of people into hunger in Haiti, the UN food agency warned on Thursday.
Afghanistan witnessing hunger, privation for second consecutive winter: Reports
Kabul: The US Institute for Peace (USIP) has released a report which showed Afghanistan is facing hunger and privation for a second winter in a row.
Hunger still rising across East Africa, says new UN-backed report
New York: Over 50 million people in Eastern Africa will face acute food insecurity this year, according to a new study backed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm
New York: Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, the UN food relief agency warned on Monday, World Refugee Day.
UN agencies call for urgent action to avert famine risk in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’
New York: Famine is already on the doorstep of millions of families in 20 countries, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday in a report that calls for urgent action to avert rising hunger due to factors such as conflict, climate extremes and the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict’, UN chief tells Security Council
New York: Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”.
Conflict, floods and COVID-19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
New York: Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for immediate humanitarian access to eastern South Sudan’s Pibor county, where people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger.
COVID-19 worsening food insecurity, driving displacement, warn UN agencies
New York: Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work to support their families, a new UN report has warned.
Aid agencies call for urgent action to prevent famine in hunger hotspots
New York: People in four food insecurity “hotspots” inside Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Burkina Faso ‘one step short of famine’, warns UN food relief agency
New York: Unless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Monday.