Some 257 million women around the world who want to avoid pregnancy lack access to safe, modern methods of contraception.
Food Security
The Importance of Increasing the Resilience of Food and Nutrition Security to Climate Change
Heading into COP27, it’s important to remember that the severity of climate change consequences is critically dependent on progress to reduce emissions and to adapt.
Op-Ed: A Super-Powered Ally to Solve the Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Crises
Beans hold great potential as the future grows increasingly unpredictable. Why aren’t we eating more of them?
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Implications for the Indian Food System
The global food crisis has highlighted the fragility and fragmentation of the global food system and its vulnerability to shocks. India must adapt and develop long term plans to address such future shocks.
SME Survey: Rising Prices, Increased Cost Of Inputs, and Lack of Finance Raise Danger for Global Food Systems
Nearly one fifth of small- and medium-sized enterprises said high prices were having such a severe impact on their business that it risked closure.
Beyond Band-Aid Fixes: Helping Communities Feed Themselves
Food Systems for the Future is helping startups scale up and improve nutrition outcomes for underserved and low income communities.
New Tool Aims to Strengthen Food Security in Africa
New applications of artificial intelligence show promise to better equip governments and NGOs for growing food security challenges in Africa.
Mutual Aid Organizations Help Community Heal After Hate Attack
Mutual aid organizations work to ensure residents on the East Side of Buffalo affected by the mass shooting continue to receive nutritious food and necessities.
When We Talk About College Campuses, We’re Forgetting Food Insecurity
Roughly one out of every three college or university students in the U.S. is food insecure.
A New Food Bill of Rights: Why Representation Matters
WANDA’s Founder argues that representation is critical to building an intersectional food policy framework and a new food bill of rights that is equitable, resilient and sustainable.
How an NYC Nonprofit is Redesigning Food Pantries
To great success, Wellfare is building a more sustainable and effective food pantry model.
USAID Pledges Nearly $1.3 Billion to Support Food Security in the Horn of Africa
The effects of the climate crisis, compounded by the rising costs of cost of food, fuel, and fertilizer, are threatening to drive rates of hunger even higher.
In the Driest Region of the World, Water Offers Peace
Transboundary water cooperation is seen as essential to ensure peace and stability in the MENA region.
The Inequality Pandemic: Agribusiness Billionaires Profit from Pain in Oxfam Brief
Oxfam’s new brief reveals how wealth inequalities, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased food insecurity for society’s most vulnerable.
Climate Change is Driving India’s Heat Waves, Increasing Wheat Prices
Climate change has increased the likelihood and intensity of heatwaves in India, forcing farmers to adapt.
What Will Be the Most Effective Way of Overcoming the “Hurricane of Hunger”?
Soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa is resulting in increasing rates of hunger.
The SUN Movement Tackles Malnutrition Through Collaboration
An estimated 149.2 million—22 percent—of children under five years of age suffer from stunting.
IPES-Food Reports Another Perfect Storm for Food Price Crisis
Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in the third global food price spike in 15 years.
Rising Food Prices Threaten Global Food Security
In recent weeks, food prices have reached record high levels. FAO’s Chief Economist discusses what this means for global hunger rates and the risk of social unrest as well as potential solutions.
World Central Kitchen Documentary Shines a Spotlight on Chef José Andrés
A new documentary, We Feed People, shows the evolution of international food relief nonprofit, World Central Kitchen.