hunger

World News

Euroviews. Is hunger the deadliest weapon of modern conflict?

The scale of starvation internationally is a testament to our collective failure so far to deliver on our obligations to our fellow humans, Chef Andrés Torres writes.

6 September 2024

Climate

Euroviews. Extreme weather is worsening our food supply

Children shouldn’t be dying from malnutrition. We can nourish everyone alive, and every child being born, every second, for the rest of our collective time on this planet, Matt Freeman writes.

16 March 2024

World News

Euroviews. The EU would be wise to invest in African aquaculture and fisheries

Investing in African aquaculture is not just about unlocking a new frontier with enormous potential, but it is also about addressing the pressing challenges of today, Essam Yassin Mohammed and Lindiwe Majele Sibanda write.

26 May 2023

World News

Euroviews. Food banks are crucial to disaster relief. There is no debate about it

With greater awareness and support, community-based food banks can be better prepared before crises strike and support communities long after emergency responders have moved on, Lisa Moon writes.

1 March 2023

World News

Euroviews. Blinkered by Ukraine, world waits for African children to die | View

With 1.8 million children's lives in danger and only a 'tiny, shrinking window' to prevent disaster, the G7 and international community must act, says Rania Dagash of UNICEF.

24 June 2022

Germany

G7 host Germany warns of global hunger crisis before weekend summit

With millions of tons of grain exports blocked by Russia's war in Ukraine, the G7 is under pressure to do more to tackle potential famine in Somalia and elsewhere.

24 June 2022

Ukraine

Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell'

Farmers in Ukrainian front-line regions are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire, with shelling feeding fear across a sector already hamstrung by Russia's blockade of the Black Sea.

14 June 2022

Afghanistan

Taliban launches food-for-work programme to tackle hunger crisis

The country is already suffering from poverty, drought, electricity blackouts, and a failing economic system.

25 October 2021

Italy

G20 talks in Italy yield pledge to fight hunger in Africa

G20 foreign and development ministers agreed to boost efforts to fight hunger and climate change but there was discord over vaccine policy.

30 June 2021

Climate

Can we solve world hunger and climate change at the same time?

Experts are calling on the Biden administration to take the lead on global issues like world hunger and food systems.

17 March 2021

No Comment

Maryland volunteers distribute food as pandemic creates rising hunger

People queuing to get food from distribution centres has become an increasingly common scene across the US as people struggle to feed themselves amid the ongoing pandemic.

12 December 2020

World News

An estimated 11m children 'facing extreme hunger or starvation'

The problem has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Save The Children.

30 November 2020

No Comment

Brazil's most iconic landmark lit up with calls to end hunger

A food bank program and social services of the city launched the campaign under the hashtag #MesaSemFome (#TableWithoutHunger)

11 May 2020

World News

Euroviews. Faced with the worsening climate crisis, agriculture investment is more important than ever ǀ View

As CTA enters the final year of its mandate, food systems and agriculture are once again under the spotlight as the climate emergency becomes increasingly urgent. At the same time, we begin the 10-year countdown to the delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

17 February 2020

World News

Euroviews. Soaring food bank use: the growing reality of hunger in ‘rich’ countries ǀ View

More people are going hungry and relying on aid to feed their families in the world’s wealthiest countries.

19 December 2019

World News

UN: Global hunger is rising, returning to levels seen a decade ago

The number of hungry people in the world grew in 2017 for the third year in a row, a UN report has warned

12 September 2018