food security

Food security of 800,000 haitians seriously threatened after hurricane

by News Hour Correspondent - Oct 24, 2016

News Hour: Some 1,4 million Haitians require food assistance in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which wrought widespread devastation on supplies and crops across large swaths of the island nation. More than half – 800,000 people...
£16 million for new technologies to improve global food production and security

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 17, 2016

News Hour: Twenty-four innovative agri-tech projects have today been awarded a share of £16 million funding through the latest round of the government’s Agri-Tech Catalyst to solve some of the world’s greatest agricultural challenges – from...
Gov and WFP agree to collaborate on food security statistics in The Kyrgyz Republic

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 16, 2016

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (NSC) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve the analysis and dissemination of food security statistics...