UN reports rising numbers of hungry people worldwide
Agri-Health / Consumption / Food Security / Gender / Nutrition / Poverty / Vulnerability / Women

UN reports rising numbers of hungry people worldwide

New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 released today. Limited progress is also being made in addressing the multiple forms of malnutrition, ranging from child stunting to adult obesity, putting the health of hundreds of millions of people at risk. Continue reading

Ethiopia / Food Security

Ethiopia launches a Joint Programme on children, food security and nutrition

Ethiopia concluded a one and a half day national inception workshop by launching a joint programme on children, food security and nutrition by Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Federal Ministry of Health, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and FAO with a generous contribution of 7 million USD received from the Spanish … Continue reading