War in Ukraine may trigger severe world food crisis — USAID
The Biden administration is preparing to tap an emergency food aid fund because of the ripple effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on hunger in Africa and the Middle East, a U.S. Agency for International Development official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Hunger and poverty could exceed the global food price crisis of 2007-08, said Sarah Charles of USAID.
U.S. to send $20 million more to Malawi for food aid
As part of a visit to land-locked Malawi, Second Lady Jill Biden announced an additional $20 million in U.S. food assistance to offset the effects of drought that began in 2015 and was magnified by the El Niño weather pattern. An estimated 40 percent of the population of the country in southeastern Africa are in need of humanitarian aid.
Half of South Sudanese ‘unsure where their next meal will come from’
Armed conflict and unfavorable rains in South Sudan have reduced crop production and aggravated food shortages that already were severe, said two UN agencies. Prices of cereal grains are nearly five times higher than before the crisis began. Some 5.8 million people, or nearly half of the …
Up to 1 million face hunger in Ebola zone, say UN agencies
Up to 1 million people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone could be "food insecure" by March because of disruptions to farming and marketing due to the Ebola virus, say two UN agencies, the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
USDA aids food supply in Africa’s ebola zone
The Agriculture Department is taking a supporting role in assuring food security in countries struggling with an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus in West Africa.