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Food

UN-backed disaster risk reduction guidelines to help tackle hunger in Latin America

New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have together crafted a blueprint for making the agriculture, food and nutritional security sectors more disaster-proof so the region can tackle hunger in a sustainable manner. more

Ethiopia: UN-backed humanitarian appeal launched, seeking $948 million in 2017

New York, Jan 17 (Just Earth News): On the heels of failed rains and a calamitous El NiÃ±o in Ethiopia, the country's Government on Monday launched an appeal for $948 million to urgently a ...

UN data reveals huge disparities in cost of a hot meal; the poor are likely to pay far more than the rich

New York, Jan 14 (Just Earth News): A simple bowl of food in Malawi is much more expensive than that same meal in Davos, Switzerland, once adjustments have been made to take into account one ...

Global food prices fall for fifth year in a row, but economic uncertainties remain for 2017 – UN

New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): Data from 2016 reveals that for the fifth year in a row, the prices of food around the world have declined, in some cases 1.5 per cent below 2015 levels, ...

Mauritania aims to boost food production through new UN agency agreement

New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): A new partnership between the United Nations rural poverty agency and officials in Mauritania could boost finances and nutrition for nearly 300,000 farmer ...

Yemen: EU-UN partnership to target ‘alarming’ food insecurity

New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): With 14 million people in Yemen lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food, the European Union (EU) has committed 12 ...

New York, Dec 30 (Just Earth News): In December, the United Nations food aid agency has delivered food or cash to more than a million people in conflict-affected zones in northeast Nigeria, meaning that over half of those in need of urgent humanitarian as

New York, Dec 30 (Just Earth News): In December, the United Nations food aid agency has delivered food or cash to more than a million people in conflict-affected zones in northeast Nigeria ...

Canada’s food guide should be more influential with consumers in mind

Toronto, Dec. 10 (IBNS): The Canadian Food Guide is considered by public institutions, schools, universities and community-based organizations as an image of our basic and essential nutritio ...

Civil conflict and unpredictable weather cast ‘long shadow’ on food security’ in 2016 – UN

New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): This year, the world suffered many weather-related shocks and civil conflicts which pressured food security for many countries, the United Nations Food and ...

In Lao PDR, UN food relief agency chief reiterates support for efforts to ensure nutrition security for all

New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News): The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, has wrapped up a visit in Lao Peopleâ€™s Democratic Republic ( ...