Tag: food security
Southeast Asian MPs urge ASEAN economic ministers to immediately tackle food...
“It is necessary to put in place a coordinated effort to protect the most vulnerable from a potentially devastating economic downturn”
Global food crisis ‘will kill millions’ by disease, health executive warns
The knock-on effects of the food shortages mean many will die not only of starvation but from having weaker defenses against diseases
Indian weddings go green with new tree-planting traditions
Indian communities are planting trees to celebrate local customs and events such as weddings and funerals to help restore degraded land
Incidents of hunger in Philippines rise during first quarter of 2022
An estimated 3.1 million families experienced involuntary hunger, or being hungry and not having anything to eat at least once
Plenty of fish but no catch as Sri Lanka economic crisis...
The crisis has left vessels without fuel to go to sea, and the repercussions are rippling down to dinner tables around the country
Survey reveals ‘alarming’ state of food insecurity in India
According to the result of the study, close to 80 percent of those surveyed reported some form of food insecurity
North Koreans, already hungry, now short of cooking oil
North Korea needs external food aid to meet its basic needs, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Pope Francis warns of global food insecurity, calls for support for...
Pope Francis assured the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization of Church support in fighting hunger and its causes
Malaysian urban dwellers ‘reclaim’ city land, one garden at a time
Amid the high rises that tower over the Malaysian capital, tiny community gardens are taking shape
As rising ‘heat shocks’ ruin rice crops, Bangladesh faces hunger risk
Heat stress - caused by high temperatures, low rainfall and low humidity - disrupted rice growth in Bangladesh
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