Wave of increased food insecurity hits West and Central Africa
This is a four million increase in the number of people currently dealing with food insecurity in that region. Mali is facing the worst situation – around 2,600 people there…
Celebrate Eid but don’t forget moderation in food
—-File photo As soon as the crescent of Eid is visible, while chaos is seen everywhere, the women busy with household affairs focus on the menu of the feast on…
Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion
That’s according to the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, speaking in-depth to UN News exactly six months since hostilities began with the Hamas-led terror attack. He…
About 19 percent of food is wasted globally, according to the United Nations
Geneva: The Food Waste Index, a sub-sector of the United Nations Environment Programme, has released a report indicating that 19 percent of food produced worldwide will be wasted as waste…
With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste
The UN Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index Report 2024 highlights that latest data from 2022 shows 1.05 billion tonnes of food went to waste. Some 19 per cent of food…
Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza
“As of today, UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a social media post on…
‘They destroyed us’: North Gazans flee homes in search of food and shelter
For months, the UN has been warning of a looming famine, particularly in northern Gaza as everything needed to sustain life has either been destroyed or simply run out. This…
Gaza: Efforts to deliver food aid to stricken north ‘largely unsuccessful’
The emergency relief agency said that a 14-truck food convoy – the first by WFP since it paused deliveries to northern Gaza on 20 February – was turned back by…
Asthma medication effective for severe food allergies
Maryland: A new study has found that an asthma medication that has been used for 20 years reduces the risk of fatal food allergies. Researchers in the US found in…
You just order, the food will come automatically
TOKYO: Japanese citizens who will soon get their food ordered by an autonomous robot on the streets of Tokyo. New facilities were introduced with the help of modern technology. In…