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Hunger and nutrition

Greenpeace India Uses RTI to Debunk Government Claims On Fortified Rice

The government replies blow in the face of claims of fortified rice being a silver bullet to solve the high prevalence of undernutrition and...

OWSA Staff - 27 April 2022

Climate change

Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of Crises Take Shape

Opening its fifty-fifth session under the theme ‘Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth,’ marks success for a body that...

OWSA Contributor - 27 April 2022

Agri-business

Ukraine war poses growing threat to global food security

The Ukraine crisis could lead to millions more people going hungry. Wheat prices have soared following the Russian invasion of the country and global...

SciDevNet - 22 March 2022

Climate change

The Future of Food: Jellyfish, Farmed Insects, 3D Printed Meat?

A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization looks at how economic growth, changing consumer behaviour and consumption patterns, a growing global population and...

Inter Press Service - 15 March 2022

Agriculture

War in Ukraine Poised to Threaten Global Food Security

Ukraine has long been the “breadbasket” of Europe, but the fighting could disrupt global wheat trade, with knock-on impacts on food prices and overall...

Inter Press Service - 11 March 2022

Children

Impact of Lost Earnings due to COVID-19 to last for Generations says New Report

Although households with three or more children were the most likely to experience a loss of income, they were also most likely to receive...

OWSA Staff - 11 March 2022

Civil society

People are hungry, says hunger watch survey

Many households had to go to sleep without eating. 41 per cent of general caste households surveyed reported that they had to sleep without...

OWSA Staff - 23 February 2022

Early childhood development

Over half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing: WHO, UNICEF

A new report details exploitative practices employed by the US$55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments. More than half of parents and...

OWSA Staff - 23 February 2022

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