Goal 2: Zero Hunger Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/zero-hunger/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:10:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges UN chief /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/10/global-food-crisis-lets-move-from-despair-to-hope-and-action-urges-un-chief/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:07:12 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=107041 14 October - In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day, the need to “harness the power of solidarity and collective action” to build a sustainable world with enough to eat for everyone. Director-General QU Dongyu led the [...]

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]]> Showcasing nature-based solutions: Meet the UN prize winners /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/08/showcasing-nature-based-solutions-meet-the-winners-for-indigenous-peoples-prize/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:39:09 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=105996 NEW YORK, 11 August – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners have announced the winners of the 13th Equator Prize, recognizing ten indigenous peoples and local communities from nine countries. The winners, selected from a pool of over 500 nominations from 109 countries hail from Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Panama, [...]

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]]> DREAMWORKS TROLLS AND THE UN LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHIER EATING AND MORE SUSTAINABLE LIVING /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/11/dreamworks-trolls-and-the-un-launch-campaign-for-healthier-eating-and-more-sustainable-living/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:26:04 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=100820 DREAMWORKS TROLLS AND THE UN LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHIER EATING AND MORE SUSTAINABLE LIVING As part of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the Trolls encourage fans to become food heroes   Rome – Nov 19, 2021 – The happy and colorful characters from DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls films have banded together with the United [...]

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]]> MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Food Systems Summit Commitments Registry /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/09/media-advisory-un-food-systems-summit-commitments-registry/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:16:45 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=99110 MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Food Systems Summit Commitments Registry   WHAT: Governments, organisations, partnerships and individuals can now formally submit their commitments to building healthier, more sustainable and more equitable food systems ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit on September 23. The registry will be public to all but commitments are expected from institutions [...]

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]]> PETER RABBIT™ teams up with the United Nations, FAO and the UN Foundation on global campaign to mobilize more food heroes /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/06/peter-rabbit-teams-up-with-the-united-nations-fao-and-the-un-foundation-on-global-campaign-to-mobilize-more-food-heroes/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:07:49 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=97550 PETER RABBIT™ TEAMS UP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AND THE UN FOUNDATION ON GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO MOBILIZE MORE FOOD HEROES    Ahead of World Food Day in October, the United Nations, FAO and UN Foundation have teamed up with Peter Rabbit and his friends on a digital campaign to encourage [...]

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]]> Youth movement leads the charge worldwide for food systems transformation ahead of UN summit /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2021/02/youth-movement-leads-the-charge-worldwide-for-food-systems-transformation-ahead-of-un-summit/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:17:08 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=94914 1 February 2021, ROME – A wave of self-organised youth-led groups across the world has joined the growing momentum behind the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.

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]]> Cereal prices remain stable, dairy and sugar values dip – UN /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/cereal-prices-remain-stable-dairy-sugar-values-dip-un/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:45:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44414 Global food prices have remained largely unchanged since December 2017, with January prices stable for cereals and vegetable oils; weaker for dairy and sugar values; and steady for meat, the United Nations agricultural agency said Thursday. In January 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index, which tracks the monthly change in international [...]

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]]> UN agencies call for funds to reverse food ration cuts for refugees in Rwanda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/un-agencies-call-funds-reverse-food-ration-cuts-refugees-rwanda/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:08:52 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43684 United Nations humanitarian agencies on Thursday called for more donor funding to reverse a 25 per cent reduction in food or cash assistance for more than 100,000 refugees in Rwanda.

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]]> Conflicts, drought drive hunger despite strong global food supply – UN agriculture agency /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/12/conflicts-drought-drive-hunger-despite-strong-global-food-supply-un-agriculture-agency/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:39:36 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43101 Despite strong global food supply, localized drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency reported Thursday.

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]]> Global food import bill rising despite robust output in 2017 – UN /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/global-food-import-bill-rising-despite-robust-output-in-2017-un/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:44:05 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34529 The cost of importing food is rising in 2017, driven by increased international demand for most food stuffs, as well as higher freight charges, the United Nations agriculture agency said Thursday.

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]]> Cities and local policies key to overcome hunger, stresses head of UN agency /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/cities-and-local-policies-key-to-overcome-hunger-stresses-head-of-un-agency/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:19:02 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=33148 Highlighting the potential of cities to address malnutrition, the head of the United Nations food security agency has called for innovative partnerships between urban centres and wide range of stakeholders to overcome the challenge of food waste and to ensure a healthy and nutritious diet for all.

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]]> Rural areas have potential to feed and employ ‘younger, more crowded planet’ – UN report /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/rural-areas-have-potential-to-feed-and-employ-younger-more-crowded-planet-un-report/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:02:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32623 "Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda depends crucially on progress in rural areas, which is where most of the poor and hungry live,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his foreword to the report.

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]]> Global food prices fall in August as cereal output heads for record high – UN /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/global-food-prices-fall-in-august-as-cereal-output-heads-for-record-high-un/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:57:20 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31137 Global food prices dipped in August, mainly as the prospect of bumper cereal harvests pushed up expectations for larger grain inventories, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today. A news release said that the FAO Food Price Index declined 1.3 per cent from July, ending three months of consecutive increases. However, the Index – [...]

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]]> UN agriculture chief says Uganda ‘leading example’ of sustainable refugee response /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/un-agriculture-chief-says-uganda-leading-example-of-sustainable-refugee-response/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:50:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31029 The head of the United Nations agriculture agency today called for greater funding for a sustainable response to the refugee crisis in Uganda, as he concluded a visit to the country's north hosting those crossing the border for safety. “Uganda's refugee model is an example to the world,” said UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José [...]

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]]> Emigration and food insecurity in Central American ‘dry corridor’ focus of new UN-backed study /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/emigration-and-food-insecurity-in-central-american-dry-corridor-focus-of-new-un-backed-study/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:31:06 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30848 A new inter-agency study released today found a correlation between prolonged droughts in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – exacerbated by El Niño phenomenon from 2014 to 2016 – and the increase in irregular migration from these countries to the United States, the United Nations food relief agency reported. “The study provides an important insight [...]

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]]> Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced by conflict in DR Congo – UN agency /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/emergency-food-distributions-launched-to-assist-thousands-displaced-by-conflict-in-dr-congo-un-agency/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:51:49 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30618 Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency. The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner World Vision have launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance to 42,000 food insecure people who, [...]

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]]> Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/amid-soaring-food-insecurity-in-dr-congo-un-agencies-call-for-food-aid-supplies/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:05:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30558 More than one in ten people living in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are hungry due to escalating and prolonged conflict and displacement, United Nations agencies today reported, warning that the situation will worsen unless urgent support comes in time. "7.7 million people face acute hunger– a 30 percent increase over [...]

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]]> Food prices surge in July; UN agriculture agency cites cereals, sugar and dairy as main drivers /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/food-prices-surge-in-july-un-agriculture-agency-cites-cereals-sugar-and-dairy-as-main-drivers/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:38:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30273 Driven mainly by higher cereal, sugar and dairy quotations, global food prices rose for the third consecutive month in July, according to the United Nations agriculture agency.

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]]> Breastfeeding is ‘smartest investment’ families, communities and countries can make – UN /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/breastfeeding-is-smartest-investment-families-communities-and-countries-can-make-un/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:24:58 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30169 Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations today stressed that although breastfeeding has cognitive and health benefits for infants and mothers, investment shortcomings impede the practice.

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]]> Safe, effective family planning is key to ’empowering people, developing nations’ – UN /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/07/safe-effective-family-planning-is-key-to-empowering-people-developing-nations-un/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:25:19 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=29777 If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, it would reduce an estimated 100,000 maternal death and avert 67 million unintended pregnancies, the United Nations population agency today said.

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