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    Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods Business Forum takes off in Dubai

    21 Feb 2022

    A first-of-a-kind 2021 to 2025 initiative by the UAE and the USA to combat global hunger, and at least mitigate, if not completely dissipate, all the existing and yet-to-happen challenges to feed the over seven billion people all over

    Babies dying of hunger as Somalia rocked by worst drought in 40 years

    26 May 2022

    A lack of rain for four consecutive seasons in the country in the Horn of Africa has caused harvests to shrivell up in the extreme dry conditions.

    Musk fears recession, wants to lay off 10% workforce

    03 Jun 2022

    Electric carmaker Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s internal mail on Thursday to the company executives expressing his “super bad feeling” that the economy may go into a recession and the need to freeze hiring and even cut 10 per cent of the staff seems to reinforce the hallmark of the brash billionaire.

    Humanity risks hunger 'crises': UN

    18 Oct 2019

    The report, presented to the FAO in Rome, warned that the problem of poor nutrition "will only get worse if current trends are not reversed."

    The great divide

    12 Jul 2021

    Perhaps Richard Branson has his share of CSR activities, but then, the wishful thinking is that the pioneer status could be used for medical advancements, for innovation where drought and famine make people go hungry and

    Malnutrition, a global vexation that sees no letup

    14 Jul 2021

    If there is one horrible thing – among the many terrible consequences – that the coronavirus has inflicted on humanity, it is that it has made more people undernourished. World hunger and levels of malnutrition soared dramatically last year,

    A fiduciary duty to provide free school meals

    29 Oct 2020

    I’ve always been surprised by how developed nations like America and Britain still have the level of poverty that’s usually seen in developing countries like the subcontinent and Africa. For decades we’ve seen horrific pictures

    Starving millions in need of more support

    11 Dec 2020

    The news that about 270 million people face starvation is utterly worrying and calls for immediate action. The number of people who stand on the brink of starvation is equivalent to the combined population of Germany, Britain, France and Italy,

    Record hunger in the Philippines as Covid restrictions bite

    09 Dec 2020

    “I’ve never seen hunger at this level before,” said Jomar Fleras, executive director of Rise Against Hunger in the Philippines, which works with more than 40 partners to feed the poor.

    Message of humanity

    25 Dec 2020

    This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to World Food Programme for its contribution to combating hunger in conflict and disaster struck zones. The dedicated volunteers and staff of the World Food Programme have been going beyond

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