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

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 

कोविड-19 लॉकडाउन भले खत्म हो जाये, लेकिन गरीब भूखे ही रहेंगे

11 राज्यों के गरीब व कमजोर तबके से जुड़े 4000 लोगों पर सर्वे किया गया, दो तिहाई ने कहा कि उन्हें कम खाना मिल रहा ...

Food insecurity in southern Africa up 10%: Report

The region also faces the triple burden of malnutrition

भुखमरी-कुपोषण दूर करने वाली सामुदायिक रसोई पर राज्यों की सुस्ती, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने लगाया जुर्माना

पांच महीने बाद भी पांच राज्यों और दो केंद्र शासित प्रदेश को छोड़कर किसी ने भी नोटिस का जवाब नहीं दिया। इससे नाराज सुप्रीम ...

जानिए, क्या है वैश्विक भूख सूचकांक और क्यों पिछड़ रहा है भारत?

भारत में भूख के चिंताजनक पहलू पर रोशनी डालते वैश्विक भूख सूचकांक (ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स) पर दस सवाल...

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

Digitalisation for agriculture can increase agricultural output, raise employment opportunities

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

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 …

भारत में मोटापा बढ़ रहा है, जबकि दुनिया में भूख पीड़ित बढ़ रहे हैं: अध्ययन

जैसे-जैसे दुनिया भर में लोग भूख से पीड़ित हो रहे हैं, भारत में लोग मोटे होते जा रहे हैं। साथ ही देश में कुपोषितों ...

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, …

Africa fights hunger with football, Vietnam aims at ‘zero hunger’ by 2025

Millions of people in Asia and Africa are undernourished and malnourished

COVID-19: In a first, public development banks pledge to end hunger, poverty

Commitment by PDBs significant for over 500 million small landholders 

South Sudan in the throes of food insecurity

The number of food-insecure people is expected to peak during the coming lean season, traditionally worst between April and July, when food …

COVID-19 lockdowns may be over but poor still go hungry

At least 4,000 vulnerable and marginalised populations surveyed across 11 states; 2/3 say they eat less now 

War-torn South Sudan weeks away from possible famine

International agencies fall short of funds, claim the crisis is one of the worst they have seen in years