Category - world food crisis

Millions will go hungry unless UK and others act on food crisis, says agency

staff writers — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:46:19 +0000

Millions of people will go hungry when future global food crises strike unless the world’s half a billion small-scale farms receive urgent support from the UK and other governments, says development agency Progressio.

Lutheran agriculturalist wins prize for Africa food research

agency reporter — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:25:11 +0100

Gebisa Ejeta, a professor of agronomy at Purdue University in the US, has been named recipient of the World Food Prize for his vital research on sorghum in his native Africa.

World food crisis needs global solutions, says report

staff writers — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:54:03 +0100

The dramatic rise over the past twelve months in global food prices poses a threat to the very poorest and to humanity as a whole, says a new specialist report from the UN - which is seeking to coordinate global action.