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Experts question wisdom that more food production means less hunger
Increasing food production through intensive farming will not necessarily end world hunger, experts said Thursday — a finding that flies in the face of established policy. The United Nations has said countries must double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers by 2030 to ...
A quarter of U.S. college students surveyed went hungry at some point in previous month
About a quarter of students at 66 U.S. colleges and universities said in a survey that they had gone hungry in the previous month, researchers said on Tuesday. Experts said the findings, which are from the largest survey to measure hunger on campuses, confirmed concerns ...
Millions more were hungry in 2017 amid famine and conflict, report says, and the numbers are rising
Conflicts and climate disasters, particularly drought, drove the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger up by about 15 percent last year and the situation is getting worse, a report said on Thursday. Last year 124 million people in 51 countries faced crisis levels ...
60,000 North Korean children may starve as sanctions slow aid, UNICEF warns
An estimated 60,000 children face potential starvation in North Korea, where international sanctions are exacerbating the situation by slowing aid deliveries, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. World powers have imposed growing sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile ...
Craving carbs? Your brain might be the culprit, Japanese study finds
Under pressure and gobbling pizza or chocolate? It may not be your fault, according to researchers who have isolated the neurons that drive the craving for carbs. The team at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences found that activating neurons — specifically those that are ...
Docomo experiment to take bite out of food waste woes
The move is part of an ongoing effort by Japan Inc. to reduce the immense quantity of food discarded by food companies and retailers.
France's war on waste makes it most food-sustainable country, followed by Japan
A war on food waste in France, where supermarkets are banned from throwing away unsold food and restaurants must provide doggy bags when asked, has helped it secure the top spot in a ranking of countries by their food sustainability. Japan, Germany, Spain and Sweden ...
Experts call prickly pear cactus a 'miracle' crop for dry regions
Experts say the prickly pear cactus — which decorates homes around the world — could help alleviate hunger in arid regions due to its multiple uses. "It's impossible to describe how many things you can get out of this plant. ... I really believe it's ...
Famine forcing besieged Syrians to eat trash or go days without food: WFP
Syrians in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta are so short of food that they are eating trash, fainting from hunger and forcing their children to eat on alternate days, the U.N. World Food Program said in a report on Wednesday. Since September, approximately 174,500 ...
Inujured North Korean defector's parasites and diet hint at tough life
Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades. At a briefing on Wednesday, lead surgeon Lee Cook-jong displayed photos showing dozens of flesh-colored parasites ...
Harvest season is bringing little relief to millions of hungry people in South Sudan as conflict and hyperinflation have pushed malnutrition to critical levels that could put many lives at risk, food security experts warned on Monday. More than 1.1 million children under five children ...
1 million Nigerian farmers given seeds to avert famine in region hit by Boko Haram
Seeds and fertilizer are being delivered to more than a million farmers in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria ahead of the rainy season to combat growing hunger and dwindling aid in a region threatened with famine, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The Islamist militants' bloody ...
