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Protecting biodiversity is crucial to fighting hunger – IFAD calls for increased investments ahead of World Conservation Congress

Rome, 3 September 2021 – If we do not invest more in protecting biodiversity, development cannot be sustainable and we will not eradicate hunger or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ahead of his participation in the IUCN World Conservation Congress that begins in Marseille today. …

Humanitarian aid alone is not enough to address hunger, says new Vice President of UN agency IFAD

Rome, 3 August 2020 – We are failing in our response to increasing hunger levels by focusing predominantely on humanitarian aid,  said Dominik Ziller, the new Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) who took office today. “We know that COVID-19 is going to dramatically increase hunger and poverty, particularly in rural …

WORLD HUNGER DAY 2017 HIGHLIGHTS THE HIDDEN CAUSES OF HUNGER

  New York, NY – May 25, 2017 — International non-profit organization The Hunger Project honors World Hunger Day on May 28 to raise awareness about hunger and the world’s progress in tackling it, and invites people everywhere to be part of the solution. As millions of people in our global human family face famine, …

Hunger levels remain “serious” or “alarming” in 52 developing countries

OCT, 2015 Hunger level down 27 percent since 2000 in developing world Report says conflicts are strongly associated with severe hunger October 12, 2015—Despite progress in reducing hunger worldwide, hunger levels in 52 of 117 countries in the 2015 Global Hunger Index remain “serious” (44 countries) or “alarming” (8 countries). The Central African Republic, Chad, …

Building Resilience Critical to End Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025: IFPRI

Global conference offers new research and commitments to address threat of rising shocks to global food system  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 16, 2014—According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the post-2015 agenda should aim to end hunger by 2025—and can succeed by building resilience to various environmental, political and economic shocks that threaten …

Asian Fusion: New Thinking and Actions for Improving Food and Nutrition Security in Asia

September 27, 2013, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Country experience shared at a recent conference showed that fertilizer subsidies can have huge costs, crowding out public expenditures on agricultural research, extension, rural roads and other expenditures that promote agricultural development. The private sector is often more efficient in delivery of fertilizer to farmers. While historically the …

Credit Suisse Research: Third Annual Global Wealth Report 2012

The Credit Suisse Research Institute has released its third annual Global Wealth Report 2012, which finds that from mid-2011 to mid-2012 aggregate global household wealth fell by 5.2% in current dollar terms to USD 223 trillion due to the economic uncertainties of the past year – particularly those affecting the Eurozone. Furthermore, the relative stability …