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Unless the blockade by Ethiopia is lifted, Tigray will be in a very bad famine situation.
Au cours des six dernières années, cinq saisons des pluies ont été mauvaises ou très mauvaises à Madagascar.
Out of the last six years in Madagascar, five years have had poor or very bad rainy seasons.
Due to warfare, ploughing and planting was not timely in Tigray. This may lead to a second year with failed crops.
When humanitarian agencies are obliged to stop operations by political decision or because of huge physical insecurity, the poorest and most vulnerable succumb first through starvation and disease.
For many of the children who don’t get enough to eat, the consequences could last a lifetime.
The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
Famine was a constant threat during biblical times. The authors of the Old Testament used it to explain God’s wrath, but also as a narrative device.
The federal government needs to address the relationship between climate-related realities and the country’s national security.
If a country refuses, or blocks, humanitarian aid this act violates international law.
The Trump White House questioned the value of foreign aid and neglected policies related to helping low-income countries. But US aid had already needed improvement.
Food security in Tigray was becoming critical even before the current armed conflict.
For the second time this century, crises have led to calls to transform our global food system. We can start with restructuring the global food trade so that it complements local food systems.
Despite their popularity, there are reasons to doubt whether “home gardens” provide a sustainable and cost-effective way of addressing hidden hunger.
The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. To protect them from disasters, it was the poor that were often sacrificed.
The availability of data and evidence in the agricultural sector is critical for decision making
A combination of reasons have led to the drying of the Sahel.
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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
