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Teenagers in many low-income communities across the United States are being forced into the sex industry, according to a disturbing report by the Urban Institute.
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2015 was a perilous year for food security. This period saw droughts, a rise in food prices, a migrant crisis and other issues that affected access to food. 2016 may not be any better, according to a leading expert.
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The journal Food and Nutrition Security has produced a special issue on the question: “can science and good governance deliver dinner?’ The findings are thought provoking.
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By AFP
Rome -
The number of hungry people around the world has dropped below 800 million for the first time since the UN started counting, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in an annual report on Wednesday.
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Being able to control the sensation of hunger is one of the ideas considered to off-set the obesity epidemic. In a new study, scientists have found a brain function that controls feelings of hunger in mice.
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By AFP
Moscow -
Jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has resumed her hunger strike and is withering away, her lawyer said on Monday, adding that authorities planned to transfer her to a Russian civilian hospital.
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A loss of crops and protein as a result of social, economic and climatic changes poses a new challenge for world hunger. A research group are addressing this with new plant lines to provide beans.
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The predictions are not based on gazing into a crystal ball. Instead, research and insights from experts make the most urgent issues facing the world in 2015 crystal clear.
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By AFP
Paris -
Border closures, quarantines and crop losses in West African nations battling the Ebola virus could lead to as many as one million people going hungry, UN food agencies said on Wednesday.
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By AFP
Rome -
Pope Francis warned Thursday that planet Earth would not forgive the abuse of its resources for profit, urging the world's leaders to rein in their greed and help the hungry -- or risk a doomsday scenario in which nature would exact revenge.
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Three leading scientists have said that basic plant science and its application to agriculture, emphasizing can help to deal with global food demands.
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By AFP
Rome -
The number of hungry people in the world has dropped by 100 million over the last 10 years but one in nine are still undernourished, with Asia home to the majority of the underfed, the UN said on Tuesday.
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One in every seven Americans relies on food banks, soup kitchens or other food initiatives just to get by on a daily basis. The numbers include more than 46 million people, including 12 million children and 7 million seniors, according to a recent study.
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By AFP
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The United Nations food agency on Saturday warned South Sudan risked famine due to the conflict between the government and rebels and appealed for free access for humanitarian supplies along roads and rivers.
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Country duo Florida Georgia Line has joined General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America to launch the third Outnumber Hunger campaign to help local food banks.
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Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher encouraged farmers to carry on with the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and establish standards for international trade, while a shipment of GMO corn sits off the coast of China.
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A science study suggests that the nerves in the stomach act as a circadian clock, limiting food intake to specific times of the day, and acting as a type of ‘stomach clock’.
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Singer-songwriter Lissie has been selected to serve as Hard Rock's "Imagine There's No Hunger" artist ambassador in the United States.
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World population growth will, by many estimates, lead to a shortage of food. One particular researcher has recently stated that the solution is developing GM foods. Is this the answer, or does it present new environmental and health risks?
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During his 2008 presidential campaign, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to close Guantanamo Bay; the infamous Caribbean prison often associated with George W. Bush's War on Terror policies.
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Poverty is a global issue. Earlier this month several Toronto notables including Kristyn Wong-Tam went a week with only a $6.65 daily food budget. What if that budget was further reduced to a mere $1.75?
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In villages across the conflict zone of Chhattisgarh, India, young men and women from the most underdeveloped communities are leading a silent movement against malnourishment and hunger
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Not only were the performances announced for the ACM Awards, to be handed out April 7 on CBS, so was a special event featuring Jewel.
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Athens -
A new series of short documentaries about the Greek crisis has been created to fulfill the need for an alternative crisis narrative. The series shows the people going through their daily routines in a country which is suffering.
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In recent years the UK has seen a sharp rise in the numbers of its citizens relying on food banks but a leading United Nations official has warned today that such reliance could become a human rights issue.
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On Monday, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto launched a campaign to combat hunger in the country and presented a four-point plan to tackle the issue.
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As Turkey is hit with harsh winter cold and snow sent down from a Russian cold front, Syrian refugees in Turkey face hunger, inadequate housing, and lack of warm clothes or medical treatment.
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Childhood hunger is an epidemic which is sweeping the world, and now has invaded the United States as well. Over 16 million children are hungry in America today, 129 million children in the world are underfed.
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Toronto -
Toronto may be the richest city in Canada but there's a dirty secret: in order to pay rent many of the working poor can't afford to feed their families.
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Dublin -
A video interview with Richard Boyd Barrett, a member of the Irish Parliament, about the devastation of EU-enforced austerity measures.
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Women rush to a feeding centre in Mogadishu. The UN has declared famine throughout Somalia's southern regions and UN agencies have stepped up their support as drought and insecurity have led to a massive displacement of people. United Nations Organization / Stuart Price
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Doctors Without Borders were in the city of Mogadishu, Somali, to provide emergency assistance to people who had been displaced by war and hunger. Flickr
Somali refugees sharing a meal in an Ethiopian tent Eskinder Debebe / UN
Young women in Sindurimeta village of central India fry grains to make the cereal that will be later distributed to young children and lactating mothers for better nutrition.
The cereal that the village youths produce is providing much-needed nutrition to the children of the village
A child of Somali refugees, at a camp in Malkadiida, Ethiopia. Eskinder Debebe / UN
Home Safe Toronto documentary screening and expert discussion in at The Royal Theatre
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143 million children under 5 are underweight in developing countries of which 121 million live in low-income food-deficit countries. WFP/Franklyn Gregory
Banquet Against Hunger YouTube screen capture
The cereal that the village youths produce is providing the much-needed nutrition to young children of their own village
Luke Bryan helping Yoplait Greek and Universal Music Group fight hunger by signing a guitar. Courtesy of Cone Communications
A young woman heats oil in a large wok in Kurri village of central India to fry grains for making the cereal.
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