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Food insecurity improves in Sri Lanka but prevails within specific regions

Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). more

Food insecurity soaring across 20 hunger hotspots

New York: Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions - “hunger hotspots”, where conflict, economic shocks, natural hazards, political instability, and limited ...

UN looks to address ‘unprecedented catastrophic levels’ of food insecurity

New York: The world currently faces unprecedented catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity, according to UN agencies, and around $6.6 billion is needed urgently, to support 41 million ...

Conflict, COVID, climate crisis, likely to fuel acute food insecurity in 23 ‘hunger hotspots’

New York: Life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine is being cut off in several countries by fighting and blockades, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Worl ...

Yemen: Food insecurity a ‘ticking timebomb’, warn aid agencies

New York: UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Friday for war-torn Yemen, warning that time is running out to avoid famine in the country. Out of two million children who need treatme ...

Keep critical food supply chains operating to save lives during COVID-19, urges new UN-backed report

New York : A new study on food insecurity by an alliance of UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies analyzes what is fueling global food crises and examines how, among other emerg ...

Haiti: Food insecurity expected to rise next year, UN humanitarian agency reports

New York: The number of Haitians who do not have sufficient food to eat is expected to surpass four million next year, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.

Food insecurity threatens children in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia – UNICEF

New York, June 24(Just Earth News): Calling for immediate humanitarian action amid rising malnutrition, thirst and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that ...

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