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Afghanistan faces severe hunger levels, high levels of food insecurity: Re
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mohammad Nasir Kazimi, a doctor, as quoted by TOLO News, said "Poor economic and social situation has affected children and has increased food insecurity because it has a direct connection with child nutrition."
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Campus food pantries can reduce food insecurity, improve students' health:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study conducted at 10 campuses of the University of California, having access to a food pantry had a direct impact on the perceived health of the students there.
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Dharti Agro in Hybrid Seed Revolution: Launches one of the World's First G
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Present conditions are severe towards agriculture. Rising human population, fluctuating climates, depleting arable land, coupled with lower productivity and post-harvest losses contributing substantially to food insecurity in the fu
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Malnutrition, food insecurity becomes major challenge for Pak's Sindh gove
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Earlier, in 2018, the PINS was launched by the EU and Sindh government with the aim of reducing malnutrition in the province from 48 per cent to 40pc in eight selected districts by 2021. It concluded this year.
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Afghans' lives have become "unbearably hard" due to rise in poverty: WFP
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Since Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after withdrawal of US troops, the country has witnessed a surge in poverty, unemployment and extreme food insecurity. Moreover, the economic crisis wiped out jobs, salaries and livelihoods across Afghanistan.
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Around 16 pc people face acute food insecurity in Pakistan: FAO official
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): Due to devastating floods and faulty country politics, around 15-16 per cent of citizens of Pakistan are reeling under food insecurity and the situation continues to get worse with every passing day.
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19 million Afghans face food insecurity: World Food Programme
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 17 (ANI): The World Food Program estimated that nearly 19 million Afghans are facing food insecurity on the occasion of World Food Day.
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India can reap benefits in current global economic scenario: Masala King D
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI/PNN): The current global economic scenario displays a mixed pattern. Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, depleting fuel supply, rising inflation, impending agricultural loss as a result of global warming, food insecurity, recession and struggling econ
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World Food Programme to help 15 million Afghans overcome food crisis till
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing food insecurity in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) is set to provide more than 15 million Afghans with food assistance every month till March 2023.
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China's drought threatens its food and energy security
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 1 (ANI): Over 900 million people in over 17 provinces, as well as an estimated 2.2 million hectares of agricultural land in China, have been impacted by the record high temperatures, adversely impacting its food and energy security.
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World Food Programme calls for USD 1.1 bn aid for food-insecure Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Due to a massive surge in food insecurity amid the Ukraine war, the World Food Programme has called for USD 1.1 billion to continue delivering monthly food and nutritional assistance for the next six months to 15 million acutely food-insecure people i
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