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September 10, 2012
West Africa unveils food security plan
West African countries have entered into a partnership to facilitate the increment of a number of key crops in the region. This is a result of the partnership between ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and UNDP. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
South Africa sees reduction in food insecurity
According to data publishedin Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in the General Household Survey, the households’ vulnerability to hunger has declined in the last ten years – it stood at 23.8 per cent in 2002, and was at 11.5 per cent in 2011. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Climate change threat to the world’s poor underestimated
Climate change’s effects on the world’s poor are currently severely underestimated, as weather extremes become more and more common, threatening the food security of those who are in the low-income segment. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
North Korea’s destitute status worsened by poor harvests
The part of North Korea which is chronically hungry could now possibly lose as much as 13 per cent of its grain harvest due to droughts, followed by massive amount of rains leading to floods. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Food insecurity in Africa
As many as 44 million people slipped below the poverty line in 2008 due to a hike in food prices. This post writes about an Economist Intelligence Unit report (register for it here) which assesses food security under three broad headings – affordability, availability and quality. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
Food prices soared to 10 per cent in July
According to data compiled by the World Bank, global food prices in the month of July, riding on the back of droughts in the US, Eastern Europe crop centres, rose by 10 per cent in July. Read more here.
September 10, 2012
India: Action against malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh urged
A group consisting of several parliamentarians, called Alliance Against Malnutrition, is trying to mobilise the UP (Uttar Pradesh) state government against malnutrition by launching a national mission. According to the recent HUNGaMA report (Hunger and Malnutrition report, read here), 25 per cent of children in UP are severely malnourished, while […]
September 10, 2012
Public nutrition in poor settings, a compilation of studies
This blog compiles a number of studies centred on maternal undernutrition and malnutrition, especially in developing and resource poor countries like in South Asia and the LACs (Latin American Countries). Read more here.
September 10, 2012
‘Shocking’ prevalence of malnutrition in Afghanistan
According to a UN backed report, malnutrition is prevalent in Afghanistan, to the proportions of a famine like situation, despite the operations of several aid agencies. About 33 per cent of Afghanistan’s children are acutely malnourished. Read more here.
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