Mar 20, 2024 · Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation, according to international food security experts and aid groups.

Jun 22, 2021 · Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to...

Jul 2, 2024 · Famine can be stopped—now, and in the long term. But governments and aid groups must anticipate a worsening hunger crisis, secure the resources and political will to address the root causes of hunger, and safely deliver humanitarian aid to those most in need.

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food [1] [2] caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality ...

Famine, once thought to be a relic of the past, has reemerged as a pressing threat in today's world. While historically associated with distant lands and far-off crises, the possibility of famine hitting closer to home, even in the United States, cannot be ignored.

May 19, 2022 · Nearly 250m are on the brink of famine. If, as is likely, the war drags on and supplies from Russia and Ukraine are limited, hundreds of millions more people could fall into poverty.

6 days ago · In a striking open letter, 153 Nobel Prize and World Food Prize laureates have issued a dire warning about the future of global food security. They assert that humanity is on a path toward ...

Jan 19, 2025 · Sudan is plagued by cascading tragedies: an ongoing internal military conflict, a growing risk of famine and an epidemic of sexual assault. Canada has welcomed just a fraction of refugees from the ...

6 days ago · A plant in Ireland with late blight disease. Credit: Jean Ristaino, NC State University. Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans.. This pathogen, responsible for devastating potato and tomato crops globally, originated in South America and spread across continents ...