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World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization that promotes food s…
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A one-time $6 billion donation from Musk, Bezos, and other billionaires could save 42 million people from starvation, World Food Programme director says
The executive director for the UN World Food Programme, David Beasley, said 42 million people acros…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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India has fewer undernourished people now but obesity and anaemia are on the rise
The number of obese adults in India, which has a population of over 1.38 billion, grew to 34.3 mill…
PTI
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Obesity Travels From West To East, Becomes A Complex Problem In Impoverished India
Growing waistlines don’t only affect the rich countries where access to food is high. Our predecess…
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Agricultural Development And Food Security: The Challenges Ahead
An important element of food security is the development of agriculture. Otherwise, how would the w…
Anant Mishra
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Afghanistan will be 'hell on earth' as millions are in danger of starving with food running out, food program head says
Starvation could affect 23 million people in Afghanistan, the director of the World Food Programme …
Rebecca Cohen
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The coronavirus could double severe hunger around the world to 265 million people without 'swift action,' a UN report warns
The warning "is maybe the most grim I have seen the World Food Programme issue in my 12 years here,…
Isaac Scher
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It's time for Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires to 'step up' and help end hunger crisis, says head of UN's World Food Program
David Beasley says Musk hasn't made good on his vow to give $6 billion to tackle world hunger, tell…
Sarah Jackson
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'The Afghan people need us': World Food Programme staff determined to carry out mission under another Taliban rule
The World Food Programme estimates at least half of Afghanistan's population is food insecure and c…
Jake Epstein
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The UN says $6B from the world's billionaires could solve a hunger crisis. Elon Musk says he will sell Tesla stock and donate proceeds if the UN can prove that.
Musk was responding to a plea from the UN World Food Programme's director, who recently said $6 bil…
Huileng Tan
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Over half of Afghanistan's citizens will have trouble finding food this winter as the country's economic crisis worsens following the Taliban takeover
About 22.8 million people across Afghanistan will have trouble finding food this winter, the World …
Jake Epstein
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Top UN food official issues call to 'end the damn war' in Ukraine or risk famines and 'hell on earth'
David Beasley, director of the UN food program, said that food riots and destabilization in Sri Lan…
Bethany Dawson
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The UN responded to Elon Musk's challenge to prove how his wealth could tackle world hunger by revealing a $6.6 billion plan
The world's richest person said he'd sell billions in Tesla stock and donate the proceeds if the UN…
Tim Levin
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Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology could help fight the climate crisis and make the global economy more sustainable, UN report says
"One of the most useful aspects of cryptocurrencies, as far as the UN is concerned, is transparency…
Isabelle Lee
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A third of Indian children will be stunted by 2022, thanks to malnutrition
India could be very far from its sustainability target to end hunger by 2030. Due to acute malnu…
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UN's World Food Programme says 14 million people in Afghanistan are 'marching toward starvation' if no aid is provided
United Nations agencies have warned that millions of Afghans could starve without foreign aid, as t…
Matthew Loh
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Coronavirus could double number facing acute hunger: UN
"The number of people facing acute food insecurity stands to rise to 265 million in 2020, up by 130…
PTI
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Zelenskyy warns that harvest from Ukraine— one of the world's largest suppliers of wheat — will be cut in half this year
"Our main goal — to prevent global food crisis caused by Russian invasion," Zelenskyy said in a twe…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Elon Musk donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares to charity in November, according to a new SEC filing
Musk made the donation while he was in the process of selling shares to cover taxes on the exercise…