Global progress in reducing hunger during the 2000s stalled in 2010, and leading to an increase in undernourishment in several countries starting in 2014. The 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World analysed the three main drivers challenging food...

Restoring food reserves and palliating food ration 'leakage' are top priorities for policymakers in the face of increasing populations, changing diets, environmental pressures and climate change. During an emergency, when food supply is in high demand, the current Laws of International...

"Food securitization" refers to the process by which food supplies are linked to larger security issues or broader notions of human security. While this study is built on the surge of food policy studies that acknowledge the importance of discourse, rhetoric, and labeling in shaping the notion of...

Objective: To assess the 1999-2000 food security situation and the food relief programmes in Ethiopia, and evaluate the need for a national food and nutrition policy. Design: A systematic search of data sources from the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), the Ethiopian ...

Background: School nutrition programs mitigate child food insecurity across the United States. With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, kindergarten through grade 12 physical school campuses closed, which led to those programs transitioning to emergency feeding. The...

A review of the operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) during 2005 is presented. WFP is primarily geared towards the elimination of hunger in the world and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals on poverty and hunger. Over 90% of the WFP's development resources went to the...

USDA makes sure that nutritious USDA Foods are made available to States, Indian Tribal Organizations and Emergency Feeding Organizations to help feed survivors of natural disasters and other emergencies when needed.

This research was carried out in Marigat district that is largely an arid and semi arid in lower Baringo County. The characteristics of Marigat are high temperatures and low rainfall. The area experiences food insecurity that has attracted food aid from external agencies such as World Vision Kenya...

This report provides statistics on food security in U.S. households throughout 2021 based on the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data collected in December 2021. An estimated 89.8 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2021, with access at all...

Covid-19 has major implications for global food security. The virus itself and the policy reactions have triggered a massive recession and major disruptions in food value chains. The combination of both has been dramatic for the food and nutrition security of billions of poor people around the...