Grain and fertilizer shortages, higher shipping costs and a strong dollar are all pushing food prices up and increasing hunger in dozens of vulnerable countries.
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Environmental catastrophe, war, a worldwide pandemic. What does this mean for feeding the world today and in the future?
There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
Rising food prices points to famine later this year in Ukraine and elsewhere – here’s what we can learn from the past.
Food, fuel and fertiliser prices were rising fast even before war broke out. We need to act now to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
Those placing their faith in sanctions to turn Russians against the war in Ukraine know little about the country, its history and people, write two scholars who have studied Russian culture.
Russia sent troops to two Moscow-allied breakaway regions in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin recognized the regions’ independence. Five stories provide background to the growing conflict.
L'attrait de la sécheresse comme explication de la faim est qu'elle supprime toute culpabilité aux décideurs politiques.
Food security has six dimensions: availability, access, stability, utilisation, agency and sustainability.
Ukraine was once known as the breadbasket of Europe, yet it suffered a devastating famine as a result of collectivist plans. That and other Soviet-era grievances have bred resentment toward Russia.
Kim Jong Un has followed his father and grandfather in ruling by fear. The coronavirus pandemic has made North Korea ever more isolated, while expanded military capabilities make it a growing threat.
Violence in Ethiopia could cause ripples across the Horn of Africa, destabilizing the region.
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Unless the blockade by Ethiopia is lifted, Tigray will be in a very bad famine situation.
Au cours des six dernières années, cinq saisons des pluies ont été mauvaises ou très mauvaises à Madagascar.
Out of the last six years in Madagascar, five years have had poor or very bad rainy seasons.
Due to warfare, ploughing and planting was not timely in Tigray. This may lead to a second year with failed crops.
When humanitarian agencies are obliged to stop operations by political decision or because of huge physical insecurity, the poorest and most vulnerable succumb first through starvation and disease.
For many of the children who don’t get enough to eat, the consequences could last a lifetime.
The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
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Professor Emeritus of Food Security, Tufts University
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Professor Emeritus in Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
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Director of the Climate Hazards Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Russian and East European Studies, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, History, La Trobe University
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Catedrático de Nutrición y Bromatología del Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universitat de València
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Professor of Geography, Ghent University
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Adjunct Professor of African Security Studies, University of Juba
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Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
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Researcher, Ghent University; Oregon State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London