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Elbe 'hunger stones' tell tale of Czechs' centuries-long struggle with drought
Once an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive "hunger stone" embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after Europe's long, dry summer. The boulder in the town of Decin, north ...
A scorching hot, dry summer has ended five years of plenty in many wheat producing countries and drawn down the reserves of major exporters to their lowest level since 2007-08, when low grain stocks contributed to food riots across Africa and Asia. Although global stocks ...
'Staggering' crisis: Global food waste could rise by a third by 2030, study warns
Food waste could rise by almost a third by 2030 when more than 2 billion tons will be binned, researchers said Tuesday, warning of a "staggering" crisis propelled by a booming world population and changing habits in developing nations. The United Nations has set a ...
Scientists overcome challenge by detailing full genome of wheat for first time
In a breakthrough that experts say will help feed the growing global population in the coming decades, scientists Thursday revealed they have cracked the full genome of wheat for the first time. Wheat feeds more than a third of the global human population, providing more ...
'Potentially catastrophic effects': Red Cross warns of North Korea food crisis as crops fail in heat
A heat wave in North Korea has led to rice, maize and other crops withering in the fields, "with potentially catastrophic effects," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday. The world's largest disaster relief network warned of a ...
The U.N. Security Council is poised to back a U.S. proposal aimed at removing some of the hurdles that tough sanctions on North Korea have thrown up in the way of delivering humanitarian aid, according to documents obtained by AFP. North Korea's humanitarian crisis has ...
Moves to cut emissions could cause more hunger than climate change, study says
Adopting some of the most stringent measures needed to curb climate change across all industries could cause hunger levels to rise by three times as much as global warming itself, according to a study released on Tuesday. Including agriculture in plans such as a global ...
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 ...
