Tag: food security
Okay, city boys, start planting, raising fish
Good idea. A city boy planting rice in his living room would take a hundred days to harvest.
Famine and starvation to come from Putin’s war
The crises will grow worse and we can expect hardship ahead with more belt-tightening
North Koreans, already hungry, now short of cooking oil
North Korea needs external food aid to meet its basic needs, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Philippines approves commercial use of genetically engineered rice
Golden Rice will be initially deployed in areas with high prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency by the third quarter of 2022
Pope Francis to UN chief: World hunger ‘a crime that violates...
In a July 26 message to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the pope called for a “new mindset” in the battle against malnutrition
Investing in nutrition can eradicate ‘silent pandemic’ affecting Filipinos – World...
A World Bank study says about 30 percent of Filipino children under 5 years of age are stunted
Pope Francis warns of global food insecurity, calls for support for...
Pope Francis assured the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization of Church support in fighting hunger and its causes
Picking wild edibles gave villagers options during India’s COVID-19 lockdown
Church-run group taught villagers how to make a living from the sustainable exploitation of ‘non-timber forest products’
Caritas Philippines backs government’s zero hunger program
Caritas Philippines' programs include integrated and organic farming, community learning and earning farms, and climate change adaptation
Caritas Philippines backs calls to pass laws to address incidents of...
"We already have a lot of laws on hunger, but the problem is the synergy," said Father Tony Labiao of Caritas Philippines