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    The signatories note previous controversies surrounding the Akshay Patra Foundation, including allegations of financial irregularities and potential impositions of dietary restrictions based on religious...
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    Food Security

    UN Report Reveals India Has Highest Number of Undernourished People Globally

    According to the report, India is home to the largest number of undernourished individuals in the world. The alarming data underscores the severe nutritional...
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    Five Pathways to Transform Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific

    Asia faces unprecedented food security challenges due to soaring rice prices, climate-induced disasters, and ecosystem degradation. Strategic action is needed to transform food systems...
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    Conflict’s Long Shadow Has a Name: It’s Hunger

    Hunger can be both a trigger and a consequence of conflict; limited resources can drive disputes for food and the means to produce it,...
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    Agri-technology

    Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Face of Climate Change, Poverty and Hunger in the Asia Pacific Region

    Innovation and entrepreneurship can fast-track the spread of more effective and sustainable solutions that combat climate change whilst equally alleviating poverty and hunger by...
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    Agri-technology

    India’s Farmers Could Use Better Monsoon Forecasts

    While the Indian Meteorological Department has advanced monsoon forecasting systems, researchers from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago found that farmers in southern...
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    Climate change

    Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security

    Farmers in the mid-hills mainly depend on rainfall for irrigation, but in recent years, they have been experiencing a change in the rainfall pattern...
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    Agri-business

    Global Environment Facility Approves New FAO-led Initiatives Worth $2.9 Billion. 46 Countries, Including India, Targeted

    The Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP), co-led with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will direct $252 million in project financing and $2.2 billion...
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