The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Tigray still without aid eight days after deal to end Ethiopia’s blockade

Humanitarian groups hope to deliver huge influx of food and medicine to millions facing famine and disease

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

In Yemen, farmers choose narcotic over other crops, exacerbating climate woes

Farmers are draining groundwater around Yemen's capital and removing soil to cultivate the narcotic green leaf qat that dominates life in the country, threatening to exhaust precious resources in the climate-vulnerable nation.

Reuters · Nov 10, 2022

Surge in Starving Children in War-torn Syria

The number of malnourished children starving in northeastern Syria, an area ravaged by more than a decade of conflict, has risen by 150 percent, aid group Save the Children said Thursday. "Every day we have to deal with more malnourished children than the day before," the aid agency said, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 10, 2022

3 Food Processing Dividend Stocks That Could Benefit From Food Shortages Driven By Russia-Ukraine War

With global supply chain shortages impacting nearly every sector of the economy in the past two years, will global food shortages worsen? As the U.S.

Benzinga · Nov 9, 2022

UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka amid economic woes

UN agencies say they raised $79m in aid, they need an additional $70m to cater to growing number of poor people.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2022

African nations can’t ‘adapt’ to the climate crisis. Here’s what rich countries must do

There are 37 million people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa. Time for wealthier countries to adopt ‘loss and damage finance’, says climate activist Vanessa Nakate

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Foodbanks in regional South Australia experience record-breaking days as cost of living soars

More people are turning to food support services across regional South Australia as cost-of-living pressures eat into household budgets.

ABC News · Nov 8, 2022

Zayn Malik calls on Rishi Sunak to expand free school meals

Feed the Future: The former One Direction member relied on free school meals as a child

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

‘Shocking reality’: Food banks could close this winter because of energy bills

UK likely to see some charities being ‘forced to stop feeding the hungry’, warns Gordon Brown

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Africa is being devastated by a climate crisis it didn’t cause. Cop27 must help

Drought, flooding and rising sea levels are creating havoc across our continent – we need support from richer nations to adapt, says Amina J Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022