Food

Water, energy, food can’t be seen separately

20 September 2017

by Joydeep Gupta Climate change is making it imperative that the nexus between the three is integrated into all development plans You need water and energy to grow food. You need water to generate energy, even in a solar farm. You need energy to pump water. The water-energy-food nexus is a [read more]

INTERVIEW: Preventing conflict key to relieving suffering, stresses outgoing UN humanitarian chie

29 August 2017

28 August 2017 – Preventing conflicts from breaking out in the first place, and holding perpetrators accountable for their actions once they do, is vital to relieving the suffering seen in many parts of the world, according to the top United Nations humanitarian official, Stephen O’Brien. [read more]

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

26 July 2017

ADEN/SANA’A, 26 July 2017 – “As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together to Yemen to see for ourselves the scale of this humanitarian crisis and to step up our combined efforts [read more]

Famine response and prevention in Northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

12 June 2017

June 2017The world faces one of the largest food crises in 70 years, with 20 million people in four countries — northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — at risk of famine. If no action is taken, an additional 10 million will be threatened by famine. Famine has already been [read more]

WHO – 5 things you need to know about the crisis in Somalia and 5 reasons why you should care

15 May 2017

WHO has significantly scaled up its presence and activities in Somalia to respond to increasing health needs and prevent a worst-case scenario for millions of people at risk of famine, but resources are urgently required to enable the necessary interventions. Out of a total of US$ 825 million [read more]

Situational briefing to the General Assembly on the Secretary-General’s Call to Action on famine response and prevention

13 April 2017

United Nations Nations Unies Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN Situational briefing to the General Assembly on the Secretary-General’s Call to Action on famine response and [read more]

Lake Chad Basin: a crisis rooted in hunger, poverty and lack of rural development

11 April 2017

FAO Director-General calls for critical investments in agriculture and addressing climate change FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva last week visited some of the worst affected areas in Chad and northeastern Nigeria. 11 April 2017, Rome – The crisis afflicting the strife-torn Lake [read more]

Statement to the Security Council on missions to Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Kenya

10 March 2017

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, STEPHEN O’BRIEN STATEMENT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON MISSIONS TO YEMEN, SOUTH SUDAN, SOMALIA AND KENYA AND AN UPDATE ON THE OSLO CONFERENCE ON [read more]

Problems in the global agrochemical market

22 June 2016

With all the problems and uncertainties the world faces in feeding its growing population it is easy to see new technologies as a “get-out-of-jail card”, but by their nature, they have unquantifiable outcomes, they represent an experiment with our eco-system. At present there is no sign of [read more]

FAO: The 2015-16 El Niño Cycle – Preparedness and Response Situation Report

23 March 2016

FAO, Rome, March 2016 FAO Situation Report The current 2015-2016 El Niño cycle has been one of the strongest on record and has had significant impacts on agricultural production and food security across the globe. At present, the agriculture, food security and nutritional status of 60 million [read more]

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