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  • Award-Winning Agriculture/Nutrition Projects

    Award-Winning Agriculture/Nutrition Projects

    Three projects were awarded as winners of the 2013 Harvesting Nutrition contest  organized by  SecureNutrition . The contest was organized to promote initiatives with a holistic approach linking nutrition, agriculture and food security. The award ceremony was held at The World Bank on February 19, 2015. According to SecureNutrition the contest attracted 50 submissions from projects around the world…

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    February 25, 2015
  • Announcing the 2014 Global Hunger Index

    Announcing the 2014 Global Hunger Index

    The 2014 Global Hunger Index, now available from the International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide, shows a steady decrease in hunger in most developing countries.While great strides have been made to feed the world, hunger persists: some 805 million people go hungry every day because they don’t get enough to eat, and…

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    October 13, 2014
  • Bipartisan Legislation for Feed the Future Introduced in Congress

    Bipartisan Legislation for Feed the Future Introduced in Congress

    Members of the House and Senate introduced legislation to authorize the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative on September 19, 2014. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) introduced the Feed the Future Global Food Security Act of 2014 to the House, while Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced the Senate’s Global Food Security Act of 2014. The bills were cosponsored by…

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    September 19, 2014
  • 805 Million Still Suffering from Hunger: The 2014 State of Food Insecurity in the World

    805 Million Still Suffering from Hunger: The 2014 State of Food Insecurity in the World

    United Nations‘ 2014 State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI 2014) Report confirmed that there are still 805 million people – more than half of whom are in Asia – suffering from chronic malnourishment.This report is published annually by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World…

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    September 19, 2014
  • Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

    Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

    Olivier De Schutter, a United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has recently presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council. The Rapporteur called for the world’s food system to be radically and democratically redesigned. (SRFOOD.ORG, 2014). In the final report, Olivier De Schutter presents his main conclusions and a summary…

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    March 17, 2014
  • The Importance of Multi-sectoral and Integrated Nutrition Strategies

    The Importance of Multi-sectoral and Integrated Nutrition Strategies

    Those who wish for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world are helping to make ending world hunger a major priority… Together we can end hunger.  Robert Alan Silverstein According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an estimated 870 million people in the world, or one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012.…

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    February 20, 2014
  • Making  Agricultural Policies  Nutrition Enhancing

    Making Agricultural Policies Nutrition Enhancing

    An important article on the importance of making agricultural policies nutrition-enhancing was published recently on The Guardian under a title Agriculture and Nutrition: you are what you saw. Policies that foster agricultural investments and increase food production are important to ending hunger, ensuring food security, increase export earnings and rural income. The alarming climate change,…

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    February 4, 2014
  • Timeline to Zero Hunger Challenge and Post- 2015

    Timeline to Zero Hunger Challenge and Post- 2015

    The World Food Summit took place on November 1996 in Rome, Italy at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters. Representatives from 185 countries and the European Community vowed to eliminate hunger and malnutrition, and to achieve sustainable food security for all people_biggest challenges of the new millennium. The summit culminated with the…

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    February 3, 2014
  • Progress on Millennium Development Goal #1  (Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger)

    Progress on Millennium Development Goal #1 (Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger)

    Photo Credit: UN.ORG In 2000, leaders from 189 nations setup the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme  poverty and hunger, to achieve universal primary education, to promote gender equality and empower women, to reduce child mortality, to improve maternal health, to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, to ensure environmental sustainability and to develop a global…

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    February 3, 2014
  • 2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security

    2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security

    A midst the 22nd AU Summit on Agriculture and Food Security, there is a growing wary that the so called ‘2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security’ will remain a wish as the continent is already dealing with conflicts in Central Africa Republic (CAR) and South Sudan. According to the German radio Deutsche Welle,  current…

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    January 27, 2014
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