Food Crisis
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A shift to whole grain food would reduce malnutrition and diseases
Refining wheat, maize and rice removes their nutritional value, which contributes to preventable diseases such as strokes, diabetes and obesity
OPINION| Unilateral sanctions against Russia will produce a global food disaster
The G7 has wrongly blamed the looming crisis on blocked Ukraine exports, which are far smaller than Russia’s global share of fertiliser and food exports
No ends meat: South Africans go without
With food and petrol prices rocketing, impoverished people sacrifice nutritious food for starches that keep them full, leaving children malnourished and adults prone to disease
Patents a litmus test for global vaccine rollout
As India and South Africa push for relief at the World Trade Organisation through intellectual property rights waivers, India’s history of getting concessions may be the…
Zuma: Foreign-owned land ban applies to agricultural land
President Jacob Zuma says that the Land Holdings Bill does not affect foreign nationals who are planning to buy homes for residences in South Africa.
Do 12 Africans die of hunger every minute?
Available data suggests the claim that 12 Africans die of hunger every minute – recently made by a Nepad adviser – is exaggerated.
Displaced families in DRC at risk as food dries up
As financial troubles plague the World Food Programme, the future of the mouths it feeds in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at threat.
Zimbabwe on the brink of a food crisis
Aid is needed to feed more than two million people as the government runs out of maize reserves.
UN warns of Zimbabwe’s rising tide of hunger
Zimbabwe is facing a food crisis with one in four people in rural areas at risk of hunger in 2014, the highest number in half a decade, says the UN.
Test-tube burger tastes ‘close to meat’
The world’s first laboratory-grown beef burger has been flipped out of a petri dish and into a frying pan.
Zambian govt risks ire by scrapping maize subsidy
A decision by Zambia’s president to slash a key food subsidy threatens to hit the poor, stoke inflation and spark a revolt against his government.
Poor rains intensify food crisis in rural Zimbabwe
About 1.6-million Zimbabweans, most of them in rural areas, urgently need food aid because of low rainfall and a drop in agricultural production.
Lesotho’s food crisis: A waiting game
Lesotho’s declaration of a food emergency in August went fairly unnoticed in South Africa, but make no mistake: this is an emergency.
Deep Read: Hear the farmers’ cry
It is time for farmers around the world to sound the alarm on climate change, writes Jay Naidoo.
Beyond Somalia’s food crisis
Urgent aid is needed and relief agencies want more durable solutions.