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World Food Day

World Food Day marked with 300 events across the US

WASHINGTON - International relief and development organization Oxfam America is marking World ... read more

Humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa

Long-term approach to end Horn of Africa food shortages urged

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a long-term approach by national authorities and ... read more

FAMINE SPREADS IN SOMALIA

UN: Horn of Africa food crisis remains dire

The United Nations agricultural agency today called for greater efforts bring the food crisis in ... read more

Severe food shortages and famine in Somalia

UN: High food prices exacerbate crisis in Horn of Africa

The prices of grain and milk in the drought-hit Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have risen ... read more

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNICEF: Survival of millions of children in Horn of Africa at risk

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today warned that two million children are ... read more

Global Food Waste

UN: Over 1 billion tons of food lost or wasted every year

About a third of all the food produced for human consumption each year – or roughly 1.3 ... read more

Global Hunger Index

2010 Global Hunger Index released today

NEW YORK - Malnutrition among children under two years of age is one of the leading challenges ... read more

Food Crisis

UN: Food crisis not over

By eTN Staff Writer

A United Nations top official has said that despite falling food prices worldwide, the global ... read more

World Hunger

Global starvation ignored by American policy elites

By Peter Phillips

A new report (9/2/08) from The World Bank admits that in 2005 three billion one hundred and ... read more