Priorities for 2024-2027 focus on protecting WFP’s food aid packages in challenging conditions, using more sustainable packaging materials, and minimising waste Mondi Group, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper announced a three-year extension to its partnership with the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian organisation[Read More…]
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Somalia’s drought, conflict and high food prices risk pushing 4.4Mn people into hunger
This number is projected to rise to 4.4 million (23 per cent of the population) between April and June 2025 New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million people could face hunger by April 2025, driven by worsening drought conditions, conflict and high food prices. The Federal Government of Somalia[Read More…]
West and Central Africa faces deepening food crisis
This number is set to rise to 52.7 million by mid-2025, including 3.4 million people facing emergency levels of hunger Over 40 million people across West and Central Africa struggle to feed themselves during the 2024 post-harvest season. This number is set to rise to 52.7 million by mid-2025, including[Read More…]
Hunger in the Arab region reaches new height: UN report
Around 186.5 million people – 39.4 per cent of the population – faced moderate or severe food insecurity Hunger in the Arab region worsened amid deepening crises in 2023, according to a UN report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), the[Read More…]
Famine conditions in parts of Sudan
FAO urges at-scale life-saving assistance to boost local food production In response to alarming new findings confirming famine conditions in parts of Darfur, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging an immediate cessation of hostilities, rapid scale-up of life-saving food, nutrition and cash assistance as well as[Read More…]
Action Against Hunger and IHG Hotels partners for food security
The new partnership comes at a pivotal time, as conflict, climate change and poverty mean the world is not on track to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030 Action Against Hunger, a global leader in promoting food security announced a new multi-year partnership to[Read More…]
CropLife Asia prioritises agri innovation to combat hunger in Asia
The challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger (SDG2) remains daunting with 582 million people projected to be chronically undernourished by 2030 With the recent release of the United Nations (UN) 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, CropLife Asia and its[Read More…]
Red Tractor, Foodbank and ALDI Australia join forces to alleviate food insecurity
This initiative aims to provide over 3 million meals to Australians in need over the next two weeks alone Red Tractor, Foodbank, and ALDI Australia have joined forces to launch a “Buy One, Give One” initiative aimed at alleviating food insecurity among Australians. This partnership, driven by a shared commitment[Read More…]
Report shows drop in proportion of students receiving free breakfast at schools
New Eos Foundation study finds that when breakfast is offered in the classroom, and after the start of the school day, participation rates often double Newly released data from the Eos Foundation revealed that only 48 per cent of students enrolled in the Commonwealth’s 813 high-poverty K-12 schools are receiving the[Read More…]
ADB, City Group partner to build oilseed crushing plant in Bangladesh
The new plant will replace an older, less efficient facility The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Rupshi Seed Crushing Limited, a member of the City Group, have signed a $10 million loan to construct a greenfield energy-efficient, multi-oilseed crushing plant within the City Economic Zone in the Narayanganj District, Bangladesh.[Read More…]
