Full Coverage: Food

29.07.2005 Le 27 juin, MSF a ouvert à Aguié son cinquième centre de nutrition thérapeutique au Niger, d'une capacité de 150 lits d'hospitalisation. Mais quinze jours après l'ouverture, le centre affiche déjà complet. Pour faire face à l'afflux d'enfants souffrant de malnutrition grave, il faut doubler le nombre de lits.

28.07.2005 After several southern African countries rejected food aid with genetically modified grain in 2002-2003, a heated debate was launched over biotechnology--with the public left uncertain about the truth. In response, IFPRI has brought together experts to discuss the political and ethical issues surrounding biotechnology and the future of Africa's food security.

22.07.2005 Pour éviter une surmortalité dans les semaines à venir, des mesures exceptionnelles doivent être prises en urgence. C’est pourquoi Médecins Sans Frontières appelle à des distributions de nourriture dans les villages les plus touchés par la malnutrition.

Aujourd’hui, trois mois après de multiples appels à une aide d’urgence lancés par Médecins Sans Frontières ou d’autres acteurs, la réponse à la crise nutritionnelle au Niger reste très insuffisante par rapport à la gravité de la situation.

22.07.2005 Faced with a funding shortfall for SudanÂ’s strife-torn Darfur region, the U.N.'s Food and Agricultural Organization has appealed for $8 million to provide vulnerable families with agricultural supplies and seeds so they can produce their own food, a more effective strategy than providing food aid because it gives people an incentive to stay on the land and provides food for several months.

21.07.2005 With more than three million people, including almost a million children, facing starvation in Niger, Oxfam today launched a £1 million appeal for the West African food crisis.

21.07.2005 Warnings of an impending food crisis in Niger, sounded by the U.N. and other aid agencies late last year, met with little response from the international donor community. Contributions are starting to trickle in at the U.N., but by the time enough aid gets through it will have come too late for many, most of them babies and young children, says U.N. Humanitarian Affairs chief, Jan Egeland.

20.07.2005 Millions of people are facing food shortages in several west African countries following a devastating locust invasion last year and localised drought.

15.07.2005 Locally grown sustainable food is increasingly popular, and stores that aren’t providing it yet may just be out of the loop or unsure of where to start, says the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment. Speak to the manager at your local supermarket, deli, restaurant, or café about locally grown food, or download an information card to leave with your next tip.

14.07.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jul 14 (OneWorld) - African researchers are developing their own, locally suited genetically modified crops but their research, which could relieve famine and help the environment, has yet to benefit small farmers because regulators are ill-equipped to clear the crops for general use, international food experts said in a new report.

05.07.2005 When the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) meets later this year, Monsanto and its colleagues will not talk about how to save the world but rather how to make a profit. Food First reports that despite claims from the biotech industry, GM foods will not end world hunger, do not support farmers, and studies reveal they pose serious health threats.

05.07.2005 Changing agricultural practices, conserving natural resources, and stabilizing markets for agricultural products have helped some countries solve food crises. ID21 brings us these stories, and shows us how improving food security will also help meet the Millennium Development Goals.

01.07.2005 ''The number-one forgotten and neglected emergency in the world'' continues to be neglected and forgotten, aid agencies around the world are saying, as Mali and Niger fight to stave off starvation brought on by drought and a recent attack by locusts. Some speculate that the influx of aid to tsunami-affected areas has left few leftovers for other people in need.