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Fishermen at dawn heading out onto Lake Turkana to try their luck for the day. Image by Kang-Chun Cheng.

Herders turn to fishing in the desert amid severe drought, putting pressure on fish population

Kang-Chun Cheng 28 Feb 2023

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Sue Branford and Glenn Scherer 4 Aug 2021

‘In the plantations there is hunger and loneliness’: The cultural dimensions of food insecurity in Papua (commentary)

Sophie Chao 14 Jul 2020

Amazon poor go hungry as Brazil slashes social safety net, cuts forests: Study

Shanna Hanbury 11 Jun 2020
Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016

To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2015

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

Poor rains then floods lead to food crisis in Somalia

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2014

From triumph to tragedy: famine could hit world’s newest country by August

Jeremy Hance 8 Jul 2014

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

Worst drought in 30 years threatens millions in southern Africa with food insecurity

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2013

Eat insects to mitigate deforestation and climate change

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2013

‘Suffering…without witnesses’: over a quarter of a million people perished in Somali famine

Jeremy Hance 6 May 2013

Up for grabs: how foreign investments are redistributing land and water across the globe

Erica Santana 18 Apr 2013

New pope: ‘let us be protectors of creation’

Jeremy Hance 20 Mar 2013

Hurricane Sandy pushes Haiti toward full-blown food crisis

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2012

From ‘fertilizer to fork’: food accounts for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions

Jeremy Hance 1 Nov 2012

One in eight people suffer from malnutrition worldwide

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2012

Mekong dam spree could create regional food crisis

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2012

Climate change increased the probability of Texas drought, African famine, and other extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 11 Jul 2012

Agricultural area larger than Texas has been ‘land-grabbed’

Jeremy Hance 26 Jun 2012

Alarm rising over food crisis in Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2012

The vanishing Niger River imperils tourism and livelihoods in the desert

Linda Leila Diatta 4 Jun 2012

‘The real Hunger Games’: a million children at risk as Sahel region suffers punishing drought

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2012

Organic yields lag behind industrial farming, but that’s not the whole story

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2012

15 million facing food shortages in Africa’s Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2012

Another food crisis looming in Africa: nearly 5 million South Sudanese lacking food

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2012

Brazilian mining company connected to Belo Monte dam voted worst corporation

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2012

Delayed response to Somalia famine cost thousands of lives

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2012

Fertilizer trees boost yields in Africa

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2011

Poor in Madagascar see fish plundered for foreign consumption

Jeremy Hance 11 Oct 2011

World’s newest nation faces prospect of famine

Jeremy Hance 6 Oct 2011

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