Famine

North Korea chronic food shortage worsens amid COVID-19, but no famine yet

It is difficult to know the exact situation in the North, which kept its borders virtually closed during the pandemic. Food shortages and economic hardships have persisted since a famine killed estimated hundreds of thousands of people in the mid-1990s

U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa

The Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.

From Russia’s war in Ukraine to food crisis: Why it’s not business as usual at UNGA

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominates the 77th United Nations General Assembly with France’s Emmanuel Macron quoting Narendra Modi on the war. The session is likely to get more intense with speeches from US president Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Coronavirus Outbreak: With a stressed Rabi season, it's imperative to ensure speedy delivery of Zaid, Kharif seeds to farmers

Agriculture is the backbone of our survival and most of our agriculture today depends on quality seeds and the organised seed sector.

Famine ‘at the door’ in parts of Somalia: What does this mean?

Throughout history, famines have generally been caused by human action, usually wars which ravage crops and livestock, ruin trade, displace people and complicate the distribution of aid

'Famine at the door' in Somalia, says UN as thousands die in historic drought made worse by war in Ukraine

Somalia sourced at least 90 per cent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine before the war and has been hit hard by scarcity and the sharp rise in food prices

Ukraine farmers pray deal can free grain trapped in storage

Russia's naval blockade in the Black Sea has sparked a global food crisis that has sent prices soaring and sparked fears of famine

'Only God can help us', says people in Somalia as famine kills hundreds, including children

At least 30 people have died this year through April at the center and six other facilities run by Action Against Hunger, the humanitarian group said

'This is an atrocity': Fears grow that Russian blockade may unleash famine

Silos and ports across Ukraine are now brimming with millions of tonnes of grain with nowhere to go as the country is slowly suffocated by the siege

On the brink of famine, war-ravaged Yemen fear impact of Russia's war on Ukraine

Yemen depends almost entirely on food imports, with nearly a third of wheat supplies coming from Ukraine, according to the United Nations