Category: food insecurity

  • Tackling hunger in the 21st Century

    Tackling hunger in the 21st Century

    Today, with a population of ~7.5 billion there remains over 820 million people who are chronically hungry. Population growth, increasing frequencies of conflicts and natural disasters, as well as persistent poverty and inequality threaten to drive up the number of people going hungry, above its already high rate. A combination of policy changes, economic programmes…

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  • Hunger and Conflict: A Corrosive Cycle

    Hunger and Conflict: A Corrosive Cycle

    Today, with a population of ~7.5 billion there remains over 820 million people who are chronically hungry. Conflict is a topic that I have briefly mentioned in previous posts, often called out as one of the largest contributors to global hunger but never a topic I have dared to tackle in any sort of detail.…

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  • Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition

    Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition

    With hundreds of millions people worldwide suffering from severe food insecurity, the current level of effort is not anywhere near enough to end malnutrition in the next decade, with a need to focus on  increasing efforts in providing access to nutritious food. Poor nutrition in children in particular drives a cyclical relationship between malnutrition and…

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