OECD-backed group calls for global pact to solve water crisis
Singapore Reuters Countries need a new international pact to fix a mounting water crisis that could cut economic growth by at least eight per cent and put half the world’s food supplies at risk by 2050, an OECD-backed commission said on Thursday. Climate change, destructive land use and chronic mismanagement has put the global water […]
Drive to end global hunger has stalled, United Nations warns
Rome, Italy Reuters A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the past year, a UN report said on Wednesday. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report said around 733 million people faced hunger […]
G7 leaders launch initiative for global food security
Bari, Italy Reuters G7 leaders have pledged to step up efforts against global malnutrition, according to a draft statement on Friday that noted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had “aggravated” the world’s food problems. The G7 Apulia Food Systems Initiative (AFSI) – named after the Southern Italian region hosting the leaders’ summit – will aim to […]
Winter deepens misery for Argentina’s poor following Milei’s financial cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Homelessness is on the rise across major Argentine cities as the new libertarian government’s tough medicine reforms squeeze pensions, state salaries and push up rental prices, forcing more people into poverty. The latest survey by local authorities showed the official number of Argentines sleeping rough on the streets of Buenos Aires […]
As climate shifts, a leafhopper bug plagues Argentina’s corn fields
Cordoba Province, Argentina Reuters Global warming has brought Argentina’s corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimetres long that thrives in hotter temperatures and is threatening harvests of the crop. Meet the leafhopper. The world’s number three corn exporting country has slashed millions of tons from its harvest projections for the […]
Postcards: As Argentina food prices soar, more people scavenge to survive
MIGUEL LO BIANCO, of Reuters, reports from Buenos Aires…
“Grave danger”: Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply
NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, reports on the daily struggle Sudanese are facing to find food in a nation riven by war…
North Korea’s Kim warns failure to provide food a “serious political issue”
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ways to be found to improve economic development after saying that a failure to provide people with basic living necessities including food is a “serious political issue”, state media reported on Thursday. Kim made the remarks while discussing regional development in a […]
A Sustainable Life: Growing your own food and foraging can help tackle your ballooning grocery bill. Here’s how
Amid growing food insecurity in Australia and elsewhere, KATE NEALE, a researcher at Southern Cross University, provides some tips for growing your own food…
Under threat: Sudan’s fishermen fear for future as climate change reduces hauls
ELA YOKES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how rising heat and overfishing are spelling trouble for food security as Sudanese fishermen complain of falling stocks and government inaction…