Purdue scientist to receive World Food Prize

23 million go hungry in Horn of Africa: UN

By: voiceofkashmir

ROME: U.N. officials say years of drought and war, as well as high food prices and the global financial crisis, have made the Horn of Africa one of the most critical hunger areas in the world, with some 23 million people not getting enough to eat.The World Food Program will need $1 billion to provide food aid in the next six months in the region ...

22 days ago

Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis

By: dustgeer

  Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year. "The weather has changed, it's not as it used to be before," he laments. "The rains are increasingly erratic, and we are getting less and less yields." In Loke, 350 kilometres (215 ...

26 days ago

Oxfam Calls for New Approach to Hunger

By: patelashishme0932

NAIROBI, Oct 22 (IRIN) - With droughts becoming more common, donors and the Ethiopian government must look beyond the traditional "band aid" responses to disasters by using approaches that are more cost-effective, sustainable and better suited to the population, international aid agency Oxfam says in a new report. A woman and child ...

about 1 month ago

World Bank Provides $480 Million to Combat Food Insecurity in ...

By: chnarendra

 The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank today approved a $350 million grant and a $130 million credit from the International Development Association to the Government of Ethiopia to support an innovative program that is keeping millions of families out of extreme poverty and helping them to achieve food security. &...

about 1 month ago