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U.N. food body elects first Chinese head as climate crisis worsens
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Mandela's widow says leaders failing pledge to end hunger
Europe's food waste is 'a scandal', says agency chief
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Rebooting food
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Food and climate change
WFP hopeful Yemen's 'good' Houthis will lift food aid suspension Reuters
'Brain fever' blamed for India child deaths preventable -doctors Reuters
Struggle for water intensifies as taps run dry in India Roli Srivastava
World Food Programme begins suspension of aid in Yemen - statement Reuters
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After years of war and drought, Iraq's bumper crop is burning Reuters
S. Korea makes major aid donation to N. Korea amid food shortages Reuters
U.N. food chief warns aid suspension in Yemen likely this week Reuters
UK announces $215 million food and medical help for Afghanistan Reuters
From poo to food: Kenyan toilet waste key for new animal feed Reuters
Cargill says food industry will miss zero deforestation goal Reuters
'We hide': Abused migrants say Irish fishing reforms will fail Ruairi Casey
Cargill cuts CO2 emissions from shipping fleet in green push Reuters
You may be eating a credit card's worth of plastic each week Reuters
Cambodian farmers in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm Rina Chandran
Dutch firm generates buzz with big fly larvae farm Reuters
Mistrust hampers food industry's climate ambitions Reuters
Sardinia hit by worst locust invasion for 70 years Reuters
Top food firms spot supply-chain risks to forests in real time Michael Taylor
Defying law, Indian farm group says it planted unapproved GM cotto Reuters
'Nobel for food' winner tells ailing world to eat more veg Lin Taylor
USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state Reuters
'Aphrodisiac' beavers good for food, says Polish minister Reuters
Three dead after food poisoning linked to UK hospital sandwiches Reuters
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Is our love of avocados drying Chile's water supplies? Nicola Milne and Timothy Moss
More city dwellers connect with their food via street markets Sonia Elks
UK seed vault banks on wild crops to feed a warming world Kim Harrisberg
'We live in fear': Facing dry times, South Africans rethink water Kim Harrisberg
Cotton waste biofuel powers Kenyan farmers to fight drought Nita Bhalla
Yemen's Houthis and WFP dispute aid control as millions starve Reuters
Syrian fighters burning crops, using food as 'weapon of war'-UN Reuters
Running Dry: Competing for water on a thirsty planet Laurie Goering and Claudio Accheri
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Running Dry: Competing for water on a thirsty planet Laurie Goering
As sales boom, Chile's 'green gold' is blamed for water shortages Nicky Milne
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About our Food coverage

We explore the challenges of ending hunger and malnutrition as food production adjusts to a warming world.

Opinion

Ibrahim Thiaw and Achim Steiner United Nations

'Tele-coupling' and why your choice matters for the planet

The new freedom of consumer choice is destroying both the Earth and the future of our children
Andrew Norton International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

It is time to control fishing on the high seas

We need a new instrument to protect ocean biodiversity of all kinds, to ensure that our children do not inherit an impoverished planet
Jan Low International Potato Center

How sweet potato can help achieve a win-win diet

There is no doubt in my mind that sweet potato is going to be part of the healthy, sustainable diet solution in the tropics and sub-tropics
Matthias Schmale UNRWA

As Ramadan ends, food security in Gaza is under threat

UNRWA will never stop doing all that we can to fulfill our mission but we cannot succeed without the financial support and consistent help of friends and partners around the world

In Depth

'We hide': Abused migrants say Irish fishing reforms will fail
Cotton waste biofuel powers farmers to fight drought in Kenya
Running Dry: Competing for water on a thirsty planet
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Running Dry: Competing for water on a thirsty planet

Videos & Pictures

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Japanese mothers don lab coats to measure Fukushima radiation
Female farmers are Tanzania's latest TV celebrities
Shaking up farming in rural Nepal
Food Sustainability Media Award - London Launch
Battling weather extremes in Ethiopia
VIDEO: The refugees cooking up a storm in New York

Editor's Picks

Struggle for water intensifies as taps run dry in India
'We live in fear': Facing dry times, rural South Africans rethink water
From camel to cup: Camel milk froths hopes in drought-hit Kenya
Zimbabwe farmers venture into vegetables to outsmart poor rains