by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 21, 2020 | News
U.S. food insecurity declined again in 2019, bringing the total below 2007 levels, according to an annual report released in early September by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Last year, 10.5% of U.S. households (13.7 million) experienced low or very low...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 11, 2020 | News
Global food insecurity is expected to rise by 11% in 2020 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report published in August. An additional 83.5 million people worldwide will face challenges in obtaining sufficient,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 26, 2019 | News
Inequalities have triggered protests and unrest around the world, but the disparities driving such demonstrations are not wholly financial in nature, according to a report published on Dec. 9 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). While progress has been...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 15, 2019 | News
The stability of the world’s food supply is increasingly at risk due to climate change, according to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published Aug. 8. Impacts of the expansion of agricultural land usage, coupled with climate change impacts (overall...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 8, 2019 | News
An estimated 113 million people were food insecure and experienced hunger in 2018. That’s the finding of a joint report published by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the U.N. World Food Programme on April 2. While...
