The UN predicts more than 300,000 people in Somalia will be in famine by December. 7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Here’s how you can help.
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As water dripped in a remote cave, it left behind evidence of every monsoon season for a millennium. Scientists say it holds a warning for a country about to become the most populous on Earth.
Millions of Somalis are in urgent need of aid. But not enough is being done to reach marginalised groups.
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are caught in a conflict in a country that was supposed to provide them refuge.
Many wildlife species face an uncertain future due to recurring, severe drought.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis raises serious questions about future food and water security in the Horn of Africa.
About 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now.
Countries have used starvation as a war strategy for centuries, historically without being prosecuted. Three experts on hunger and humanitarian relief call for holding perpetrators accountable.
Ukraine is facing a struggle for survival. Its population could fall to 30 million by the time the war ends, with cities destroyed, crops expropriated and thousands already killed and wounded.
Ukraine is one of the world’s breadbaskets, but exports have been blockaded by Russia. Despite grave potential consequences in famine-prone countries, international law is largely silent.
Grain and fertilizer shortages, higher shipping costs and a strong dollar are all pushing food prices up and increasing hunger in dozens of vulnerable countries.
Environmental catastrophe, war, a worldwide pandemic. What does this mean for feeding the world today and in the future?
There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
Rising food prices points to famine later this year in Ukraine and elsewhere – here’s what we can learn from the past.
Food, fuel and fertiliser prices were rising fast even before war broke out. We need to act now to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
Those placing their faith in sanctions to turn Russians against the war in Ukraine know little about the country, its history and people, write two scholars who have studied Russian culture.
Russia sent troops to two Moscow-allied breakaway regions in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin recognized the regions’ independence. Five stories provide background to the growing conflict.
L'attrait de la sécheresse comme explication de la faim est qu'elle supprime toute culpabilité aux décideurs politiques.
Food security has six dimensions: availability, access, stability, utilisation, agency and sustainability.
Ukraine was once known as the breadbasket of Europe, yet it suffered a devastating famine as a result of collectivist plans. That and other Soviet-era grievances have bred resentment toward Russia.
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Henry J. Leir Professor in Food Security, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Russian and East European Studies, Arizona State University
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Director of the Climate Hazards Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Doctoral researcher, Ghent University
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Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of Geography, Ghent University
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Associate Professor, History, La Trobe University
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Professor Emeritus in Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in International Relations, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Sustainable Practice, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Queen's University Belfast
