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Mali: Conflict and hunger on the rise

Conflict, violence and displacement of people has blocked their access to food and driven prices of food up, and beyond their reach in Mali. Four months of conflict has exacerbated these very conditions and situation in Mali regarding food security remains dire. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

US: 50 million Americans short of food

According to a new report by the Department of Agriculture, more than some 50 million Americans were unable to purchase food at some or the other point in 2011, and that close to 4 million households suffered from food insecurity. About 17 million Americans suffered from ‘very low food security’. […]

September 15, 2012

Poverty reduction for the women of India

Researchers have found a strong correlation between levels of poverty and lack of access to food and nutrition. While poverty is widespread in the rural parts of India, it is more gender based than random – with women being more vulnerable to poverty and hence food insecurity. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

More than 2 million Somalis still need food aid

According to data from the UN, there are still some 2.1 million Somalis that urgently require food aid as they face critical food shortage situations. In the past 6 months, the number of people in need of food has reduced by 16 per cent – from 2.5 million to 2.1 […]

September 15, 2012

India: Unrest over food security

Previous issues contained information about bags and bags of food grains rotting in the government’s storehouses as the poor got hungrier in India. A recent event shows that the people of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh have now reacted to this as a huge crowd laid siege to […]

September 15, 2012

Financialized agriculture: The new realm of social activism

At least two European banks scaled back on their investment offering in the agricultural commodities segment in August and more are following suit. This post talks about the direct relation between financial speculation on agricultural commodities and upward movement of food prices globally. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

World Bank approves US$106 million for improving nutrition among children in India

As the first part of a two phase loan to be given out to the Indian government with the focus of improving the nutritional statuses of poor children under the age of 6, World Bank recently a US$106 million credit. Read more here.

September 15, 2012

Hoping for a better life for 15 million Afghans

Afghanistan suffers from the some of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world – about 65 per cent of the school children in Afghanistan suffer from Vitamin A deficiency. On September 9, 2012, GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) launched a programme in partnership with WFP (World Food Programme), […]

September 15, 2012

The quiet revolution in rural India

While India’s economic growth as a whole may have slowed down over the past few years, India’s rural segment has been steadily growing. They have more money to spend and this is what has been driving prices of goods upwards. They now eat meat, eggs and other healthier and nutritious […]