food security

A graphic with three photos. Left to right: Wheat harvest, Tibisay Zea and a man harvesting wheat in Senegal.
Ukraine
VIDEO EXPLAINER: How the war in Ukraine is affecting wheat exports and food culture in Senegal
grain facility in Ukraine
Ukraine
US Amb to UN: ‘We’re hopeful’ the Black Sea Grain Initiative can be revived
kids at a museum
Education
Ghana’s school kids go hungry after caterers quit amid soaring food prices
Chef Elijah Amoo Addo (right) prepares food to distribute as part of Food for All Africa.
Food
This Ghanaian chef quit his job to fight hunger in vulnerable African communities
Shomali, a little north of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2005. After seven years of severe drought that impoverished farmers and made millions reliant on food handouts, Afghanistan enjoyed a bountiful harvest.
Afghanistan
‘Drought has severely impacted livestock keepers’ in Afghanistan, head of UN food agency says
People wait outside a shop where face masks and vitamins are being given away in Mandalay, Myanmar
Food
6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.
Men carrying white plastic bags of food from a pile of bags
Human rights
COVID sparks a new ‘right to food’ movement across the globe
Landless Workers' Movement farmers gather food to distribute to poor communities.
Food
Brazil’s small farmers tackle food insecurity, hunger amid the pandemic 
Two people gather locusts from trees
Environment
This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed
A pantry cabinet with a variety of food packages
Politics
How Biden’s COVID-19 relief plans could help fight hunger
A Chinese girl looks upon a table full of food during a "1,000 people dumpling feast" in Liuminying village on the outskirt of Beijing, China, Jan. 27, 2017.
Food
China’s ‘Operation Empty Plate’ targets food waste
Iowa farmland loss to development
Business, Economics and Jobs
US lost 11 million acres of farmland to development in past 2 decades
A man is shown wearing a blue shirt with "Lagos Food Bank" written on it while carrying a cardboard box on his back.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: How the coronavirus crisis is exacerbating food insecurities and global inequities
Grocery meat aisle
Food
Pandemic exposes ‘major vulnerabilities’ in the American food system, says author Michael Pollan
Residents of Mahiga-Meru village chase desert locusts using old aluminum cooking pots, iron sheets and twigs, in Laikipia County, Kenya, Feb. 25, 2020. 
Food
Coronavirus — and locusts — threaten Kenya’s food security
A man is shown bending over in the back of a delivery truck lifting a burlap bag.
COVID-19
How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis
A man dumps lettuce in front of a buffalo.
COVID-19
Food supply logistics need a coronavirus ‘reset,’ says UN economist
dried mud in south africa
Environment
Climate disruption is worsening global economic inequality
Campesinos working in Tlalquiltenango, Morelos, Mexico. 
Why food insecurity is a global farmworker issue
Farmers bend to harvest and grow plants.
Food
‘Farming While Black’: Cultivating food- and racial-justice in upstate New York
A woman wearing a purple scarf stands in a field holding maize stems
World hunger is on the rise again, and climate change is a culprit
selling grasshoppers for food in Uganda
Food
Ugandan research project hopes to make nutritious grasshoppers available year-round
young people laugh around a table
Food
Black churches, powerful cultural forces, set their sights on food security
volunteers pack food at a food bank in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Food
Food insecurity rising in Argentina, sparking protest and food-emergency bill
Moldy oranges
Global Politics
Improving the ‘cold chain’ could help reduce global hunger and lessen the effects of climate change
A trader checks stacked boxes of cotton before loading them onto a truck inside a cotton processing unit in Kadi near the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Environment
Are GMOs really behind India’s farming success?
Environment
How India’s subsidized farms have created a water crisis
As the climate shifts, growing corn, a staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, could become increasingly difficult.
Environment
A shifting climate could mean trouble for one of Africa’s staple crops
A mountain of grain in a Chinese warehouse. China is importing more of its supply of thirsty and land-intensive crops like corn and soy, often from leased or purchased land that guarantees a supply outside of the regular international market.
Environment
Guaranteed lunch? China’s food ‘pipeline’
corn
Environment
Leaked UN report shines spotlight on impacts of climate change on food supply
A woman walks into a rice field in northern India where farmers are using the technique known as Systems of Rice Intensification. Local officials claim the system recently produced a record rice harvest while using less fertilizer, water and seed.
Environment
Intensive Lunch: Controversial rice growing technique offers hope for bigger yields
Environment
Experts say effects of U.S. drought likely to ripple across the globe
In Ethiopia, a Saudi company leases land to grow and export rice
Development & Education
With global population marching toward 7 billion, a problem: Where’s the food?
Development & Education
Somalia: What constitutes a famine
Development & Education
Lao rice farmers move from subsistence to cash crops
Business, Economics and Jobs
An environmentally sustainable economic model
Business, Economics and Jobs
The Tavis Smiley Show’s “Poverty in America” – Hunger
Development & Education
Outsourcing agriculture to poor countries
Development & Education
U.N. food plan
Environment
Hopeful lunch? When it comes to feeding the world, ‘nothing’ will save us
Environment
Vertical lunch: To increase food production, crowded Singapore looks up
Hunger in New York City
Business, Economics and Jobs
Why the US Drought May Be Felt Around the Globe
Global Politics
Saudi Company Leases Ethiopian Land for Rice Export
Environment
Global Population to Reach Seven Billion
Environment
What Makes This A Famine
Global Politics
What Constitues a Famine?
Poultry Promise
Globalization and Agriculture
Environment
Flood and famine in Niger
Global Politics
Mali helps Libya with leased farmland
Environment
Can genetically engineered crops help feed the world?
Arts, Culture & Media
Corn in Africa
Business, Economics and Jobs
Financial crisis could harm those most in need
Business, Economics and Jobs
Food waste tied to food costs
Environment
Underdeveloped Countries and Outsourced Agriculture