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The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally

Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics

Latin American nations must be on high alert as the weather phenomenon known as El Nino rapidly switches over to La Nina, experts said

Livestock bosses ‘enthusiastic’ about summit, while critics condemn vague language around meat and dairy consumption

Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite the cost of grains continuing to ease, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday.

Without online remittances, soaring prices and cereal production cut, Sudan is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster.

A UN roadmap to reform the world’s food systems – which account for a third of carbon emissions – has been criticised by experts who say it lacks transparency and fails to properly address the crucial need to reduce meat consumption.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the entire population of Gaza is experiencing 'severe levels of acute food insecurity', as the UN food agency has declared famine is imminent in the enclave, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid to people starving in the territory.

Academic experts also criticise UN Food and Agriculture Organization for dismissing alternative proteins

Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows

The UN, which has warned of "almost inevitable" widespread starvation in northern Gaza, uses strict criteria to declare a famine.