India slips 7 spots to rank 101 among 116 countries on Global Hunger Index

Globally, India worst in ‘wasting’ or ‘weight for height’ among children, says latest Global Hunger Index

Acute hunger set to rise in over 20 countries, warns UN

Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria topped the list with populations facing catastrophic levels of acute hunger and starvation

India bags top spot in child wasting rate: Global Hunger Index

The rate increased to 20.8 per cent among children under five this year

Hunger can't wait

While the decline in hunger and undernutrition has been robust in some parts of the world, many countries still suffer the indignity of food …

India has highest number of extremely thin children: World Hunger Index

The UN report urges countries to pay special attention to vulnerable groups like infant, children aged under five, school aged children, …

People in Asia-Pacific consuming more milk, protein

Transition in diet due to urbanisation and rising income levels, FAO report says

Latin America, Caribbean see acutest hunger in 15 years: UN

The number of people living with hunger increased by 13.8 million in just one year in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new UN …

Global Hunger Index: The labyrinth of India’s eternal tryst with hunger and malnutrition

There is a need to pay attention to the understanding of the factors that stand as barriers between nutrition-orirnted policies and their goals …

These countries need urgent action to beat famine, deaths in the next 4 months: FAO

Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan, northern Nigeria and Yemen are in need of urgent targeted humanitarian action 

Why Global Hunger Index also flags climate change

GHI's 2019 essay is a review of scientific literature on increasingly clear impacts that climate changes have on the most malnourished

India has highest level of child wasting in South Asia: Global report

The country is only second to South Sudan when it comes to child wasting

Supporting local food systems can prevent conflict

Conflict is one of the main driving factors of hunger; strengthening sustaianble agriculture can promote peace, says the UN Food and Agricultural …

India's rank slips further in global hunger index, fares worse than North Korea, Iraq

More than one-fifth of the children younger than five years in India suffer from wasting and over a third have stunted growth

COVID-19 makes a basic meal unaffordable in sub-Saharan Africa

A basic plate of food now costs 186% of a person’s daily income in South Sudan 

COVID-19 has hit India’s urban poor more than those in villages: Report

Urban poor have seen a decline in income and have been left more hungry, though this was not the case earlier

Food insecurity in southern Africa up 10%: Report

The region also faces the triple burden of malnutrition

Digital solutions could be key to end hunger in Africa: Report

Digitalisation for agriculture can increase agricultural output, raise employment opportunities

Simply put: Hunger facts

African ministers call for accelerating actions towards achieving food security

They advocated mainstreaming cross-cutting issues such as gender, nutrition and climate change post-COVID-19

Thousands may face starvation from February to May in ‘hunger hotspots‘: UN agencies

Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen are on the highest alert

Famine in Ethiopia: the roots lie in Eritrea’s long-running feud with Tigrayans

Entire region is classified “hard to reach” for aid convoys

Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict

About 1 in 9 persons worldwide don’t get to eat enough, suffering food insecurity, or not having consistent access to the right foods to …

Violence, conflict push up global hunger crisis

After witnessing a steady decline for over a decade, hunger increased in 2016 and now affects 815 million people worldwide

Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report

Why India needs climate resilient agriculture systems

Temperature rise is likely to show serious effects on crop yields. High temperatures may reduce crop duration, permit changes in photosynthesis, …