World Food Day 2016

Updated: Mon, 17 Oct 2016

Without urgent action, climate change will push millions into hunger - U.N.

The UN estimates that, with climate change, an additional 42 million people will be vulnerable to hunger in 2050

How the food we eat makes climate change worse
To feed a growing global population, agricultural production must rise by about 60 percent by 2050 By Alex Whiting | Mon, 17 Oct 2016
The business of survival: Small farms and climate change
Agriculture is the sector most vulnerable to climate change, especially the world’s 500 million small farms By Kanayo Nwanze | Fri, 14 Oct 2016
Five in six infants undernourished - UN
Improving the quality and quantity of mealtimes for young children could save 100,000 lives a year By Alex Whiting | Fri, 14 Oct 2016
By measuring food waste, we can manage it
Cutting food loss and waste down to size offers a triple win for food security, the economy and the environment By Louise Fresco | Fri, 14 Oct 2016
Chad: United in the indignity of hunger
Travelling across Chad reveals the human cost behind the country's hunger statistics By Mary-Ellen McGroarty | Fri, 14 Oct 2016
World leaders must act fast to end child deaths by 2030
Excuses for the fact 16 million children under the age of five are experiencing deadly levels of hunger and disease have worn thin By Jean-Michel Grand | Fri, 14 Oct 2016
Why food diversity must be on the menu
What's the impact of losing variety in global food supplies and what can we do about it? By Seth Cook | Thu, 13 Oct 2016
Farmer who turned back the desert fears to lose ancestral land
"What I love most is the land, the soil. If we take good care of our earth we can obtain anything from it" By Alex Whiting | Mon, 26 Sep 2016
"Backward" indigenous peoples may hold solutions to world hunger
Just three crops provide 60 percent of the world's calories: rice, wheat and maize By Alex Whiting | Mon, 26 Sep 2016
"We don't need to grow more food to cut hunger in Africa"-activist
Slow Food International, a grassroots movement of farmers, chefs, activists and academics, is campaigning to improve the quality of food and lives of producers By Alex Whiting | Fri, 23 Sep 2016
Agriculture needs a makeover to lure young people back to farming
Around the world, farmers are ageing as the sector fails to attract younger talent who head instead to cities in search of work By Magdalena Mis and Isaiah Esipisu | Mon, 22 Aug 2016
From weddings to Olympics, race to end food waste quickens
From Italy to Germany and Brazil to Kenya, growing number of enterprises are rescuing food that would otherwise go into landfills By Magda Mis | Mon, 8 Aug 2016
Can we feed the world without cutting forests? Yes, says U.N.
Agriculture is the biggest driver of deforestation globally fuelled by a growing demand for food By Magdalena Mis | Mon, 18 Jul 2016
UN drive to lift up poor farmers must focus on climate: experts
Farmers should be encouraged to grow drought-tolerant crops, and not get "hooked" on fertiliser, researchers say By Magda Mis | Wed, 10 Feb 2016