Monthly Archives: February 2020

UN reports rising numbers of hungry people worldwide

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Somali woman, Jul 2011 (via Flickr/IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation). 821 million people—one in nine people—are now hungry and over 150 million children are stunted, putting the ‘Zero Hunger’ SDG #2 at risk. ‘New evidence continues…

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Addressing Africa’s deteriorating food security should be Africa’s top priority—World Bank

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
‘A key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating food security situation that is compounded by the effects of climate change, declining agricultural productivity, and rapid population and urbanization…

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