Far more people are dying of hunger around the world than in Europe’s new war.
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Combining the UN’s expertise and global reach with Musk’s wealth and revolutionary problem-solving could make a difference, a world hunger expert argues.
For many of the children who don’t get enough to eat, the consequences could last a lifetime.
New data shows how high prices and low incomes prevent 4 in 10 people worldwide from buying enough nutritious foods for a healthy diet.
Many of the crop plants that feed us waste 20 percent of their energy, especially in hot weather. Plant geneticists prove that capturing this energy could boost crop yields by up to 40 percent.
World Food Day, Oct. 16, provides an opportunity to gauge where the fight against hunger stands. It’s also a time, an expert says, to look at so-called hidden hunger.
Climate change will change the dynamic for major food exporters like China and the US.
As the climate changes and the population grows, meeting the demand for food will become more difficult as arable land declines. But an international team of scientists has figured out an innovative solution to dramatically bumping up crop yields.
Development officials have been cautiously optimistic that we were on our way to eradicating hunger. But a recent report by the UN shows a surge in global hunger due to conflict and climate change.
The world needs to cultivate a global citizenship sensibility, particularly in the education of our university and college students, to ensure the harmonious survival of planet Earth.
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, Indiana University
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Leader, Complex Systems Science, CSIRO
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Lecturer, University of Essex
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Team Leader, Australian And Global Carbon Assessments, CSIRO
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Research Scientist | Honorary Lecturer at the Fenner School of Enviroment & Society | Visiting scientist at CSIRO, Australian National University
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Director, Soka Education Research Centre on Global Citizenship, University of Guelph-Humber
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Professor of Food Economics and Policy, Tufts University
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Assistant professor, Louisiana State University
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Co-Director of the Food Prices for Nutrition project, Tufts University