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Strengthening agriculture and food security information in South Sudan
With South Sudan still facing a large-scale food crisis, the need for quality data on crop harvests is crucial. As part of strengthening the agriculture and food security information, FAO has...
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UN agency expands meals programme to more than 1,600 schools across Guinea
13 Nov 2015More than 240,000 children will receive daily hot meals in school this academic year in Guinea,...
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Central African Republic: UN agency delivers food aid to thousands displaced by recent violence in capital
16 Oct 2015The World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that aid workers have reached more than 30,000 newly...
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Africa’s food policy needs sharper teeth
15 Jan 2013Good intentions alone are not enough
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Africa’s economy grows, but many stomachs are empty
2 Oct 2012Each year, governments, journalists, development experts and others look forward to the United...
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Global food crisis: time to break the vicious cycle
15 Aug 2011Delaying reforms will guarantee recurrent surges in food prices
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Relief efforts gear up for Zimbabwe
15 Apr 2009Collecting food rations from a UN warehouse in Zimbabwe: Another year of serious food insecurity...
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Africa struggles with soaring food prices
15 Jul 2008Only when “those excluded from the banquets of the rich took to the streets” did the world take...
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Price protests expose state faults
15 Jul 2008Hunger protest in Senegal: In many countries, demonstrators have combined demands for lower food...
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Food keeps African children in school
15 Jan 2007School feeding programmes help keep children in school and create markets for poor food farmers....
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Combating Zambia’s ‘hidden hunger’
15 Jan 2007Checking a child’s weight: Adding vitamins and other nutrients to basic foods can bolster overall...
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