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Amid looming global food insecurity crisis, ‘breakthrough’ on fertilisers hailed |

·November 18, 2022·1 min read

The development accompanied the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which had been due to expire on Saturday. “We are really very pleased on the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” said UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan. “It’s very good news for the world, for the food insecurity crisis that we...

Act together now, to prevent ‘raging food catastrophe’ next year: Guterres |

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·November 16, 2022·3 min read

The world is on its way to “a raging food catastrophe”, Secretary-General António Guterres warned leaders gathered in Bali, alerting them that “people in five separate places are facing famine”. “Simultaneously, we are witnessing a crunch in the global fertilizer market”, he continued, highlighting once again the Black Sea Grain...

Sustainable food cold chains reduce waste, fight climate change: UN report |

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·November 13, 2022·2 min read

These systems are critical to maintaining the quality, nutritional value and safety of food, especially as an estimated 14 per cent of all food produced for human consumption is lost before it even reaches consumers. The increased investment is also required if the world is to meet the challenge of...

Global food imports on track to reach all-time high: FAO |

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·November 12, 2022·1 min read

The new forecast of $1.94 trillion would represent an all-time high and a 10 per cent increase over the record level of 2021. However, the pace of increase is expected to slow down in response to higher food prices and the depreciation of currencies against the United States dollar, according...

UN chief reaffirms support for deals to ensure export food and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia |

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·October 29, 2022·1 min read

The Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement brokered by the UN and Türkiye in July, which was set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world, is due to run out in the second half of November, but it can be extended,...

Major fall in global food prices for July, but future supply worries remain |

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·August 5, 2022·2 min read

The UN agency has published its latest eagerly awaited Food Price Index, the barometer that tracks monthly changes in the international prices of five food commodities: cereals, vegetable oils, dairy products, meat, and sugar. The @FAO Food Price Index averaged 140.9 points in July, 🔻8.6% from June, marking the 4th...

Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO |

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·August 2, 2022·2 min read

More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region. While finding food and safe water is the absolute priority, WHO said that ensuring a strong health emergency response is needed to avert preventable disease...

UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis |

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·July 19, 2022·2 min read

Factors including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and ongoing conflicts resulted in nearly a billion people going hungry last year, he said. Meanwhile, the World Bank has warned that the conflict in Ukraine will plunge an additional 95 million people into extreme poverty, and 50 million into severe hunger, this...

Record inflation and skyrocketing prices leave over 6 million Sri Lankans food insecure |

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·July 11, 2022·3 min read

As prices keep healthy meals out of reach, some 61 per cent of households are regularly using coping strategies to cut down on costs, such as reducing the amount they eat and consuming increasingly less nutritious meals. And with opportunities to make enough income in the medium to long-term decreasing...

Sri Lanka’s misery should be warning to us all on global food, fuel and finance crisis: UNDP |

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·July 10, 2022·4 min read

“We’re witnessing a tragic series of events that are unfolding in Sri Lanka right now that should be a warning to anyone who thinks that, you know, it is up to countries themselves to figure out how to deal with this crisis,” said Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development...

UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger |

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·June 20, 2022·2 min read

The cause of the imminent cuts is multiplying humanitarian needs around the world and insufficient funding. This has already forced the agency to make significant reductions in daily meals for vulnerable people in the Sahel and elsewhere. “As global hunger soars way beyond the resources available to feed all the...

World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: FAO |

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·June 9, 2022·2 min read

That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which on Thursday suggested that for some countries, the situation potentially heralded “an end of their resilience to higher prices”. 🔵 World’s most vulnerable are paying more for less food – Food Outlook report. The global food import bill is...