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UN report says with 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fifth of food is thrown away. more

Gazans eating wild plants to survive, claims UN

UN News has learned that out of desperation, some Gazans have resorted to selling wild plants with little nutritional value, in the markets of their devastated enclave. In this special re ...

UN Food and Agriculture Organization alerts acute hunger set to soar globally

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday (December 11, 2023) that acute hunger is set to soar globally, on the back of “massive underfunding” in agricul ...

Hunger still rising across East Africa, says new UN-backed report

New York: Over 50 million people in Eastern Africa will face acute food insecurity this year, according to a new study backed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Or ...

‘If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict’, UN chief tells Security Council

New York: Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed ...

COVID-19 worsening food insecurity, driving displacement, warn UN agencies

New York: Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow ...