| ZIMBABWE: Hunger drives post-election violence, deepens poverty (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Hunger is giving a brutal edge to the alleged work of militias implementing Operation Mavhoterapapi (Who did you vote for?), a campaign launched by President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF government in the wake of the ruling party's loss of its parliamentary majority for the first time since independence in 1980. 1 day ago |
| U.S. Urged to Reform Foreign Aid (OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON, May 8 (OneWorld) - More than 800 development and human rights activists are gathering here this week, developing and calling on Congress to implement new strategies to tackle world poverty and hunger. 2 days ago |
| World Food Prices And Bangladesh (Sin Chew Jit Poh) Amid deepening hunger crisis, Bangladesh is gradually beginning to stand on her own feet. One standing crop, boro, is going to change the scenario. The impact of the healthy farm condition is being reflected in the wholesale and retail markets of staple foods, and the prices are going down everyday. 1 day ago |
| U.N. chief, Carter to discuss world health problems (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet with former Pres. Jimmy Carter and about 40 global health leaders this morning at the Carter Center to focus world attention on maternal health care. Ban is making his first trip to Atlanta since he became Secretary General in 2007. The last time he visited the city was 15 years ago, as deputy chief of the Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C. ... 1 day ago |
| Ludden students go 30 hours without food (The Post-Standard) Bishop Ludden Junior-Senior High School students raised nearly $2,500 in this year's 30-Hour Famine, an international youth event that highlights world hunger and poverty. 2 days ago |
| Nigeria: Country Can Feed Her Citizens, Become World Food Exporter - Govt (AllAfrica.com) Nigeria can ensure food security for its citizens and become a major player in world food export markets with the organised private sector playing a huge role in this regard, says the Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sayyadi Abba-Ruma at an emergency meeting of the NES #14 Agriculture & Food Security Policy Commission which held Tuesday, in Lagos. 1 day ago |
| Food Price Crisis Called Global Hunger Emergency (Voice of America) The head of the United Nations World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, Tuesday said the current food price crisis is the first global hunger emergency. VOA's Barry Wood reports that Sheeran called for cooperative action to alleviate the problem. 4 days ago |
| Africa urged to address deforestation and drought (SABC News) By Thami Dickson Drought and deforestation are the greatest environmental challenges which pose a threat to poverty alleviation efforts in Africa and the rest of the developing world. Yet, they are neglected by many governments. 1 day ago |
| Go easy on biofuel output, says World Bank (Gulf Times) WASHINGTON: A senior World Bank official said yesterday that countries should not greatly increase biofuels production until there is more clarity about how much they have contributed to the global food price crisis. 1 day ago |
| Organic farming is the best solution to food crisis - group (GMA News) DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Criticizing the failure of industrial and chemical-based agriculture to address poverty and hunger in Mindanao, organic farming advocates said that the success on food security program lies on organic agriculture. 2 days ago |