Insights and Stories on Food Insecurity

National school food program announced

Apr. 2, 2024 at 9:59 am CDT

The federal government plans to spend over $1 billion over five years on a national school food program that will feed an additional 400,000 school-aged children a year.

Turkey’s Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon

Sep. 4, 2023 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

Putin to meet Erdogan amid push to revive grain deal

Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

North Korea’s Kim demands more farmland to boost food production

Mar. 2, 2023 at 1:34 pm CST

By Hyonhee Shin

Development partners commit US$30 billion to food production in Africa

Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

By Bate Felix

Black Sea grain export deal extended

Nov. 17, 2022 at 6:26 pm CST

Reuters — A deal aimed at easing global food shortages by helping Ukraine export its agricultural products from Black Sea ports was extended for four months on Thursday, though Russia said its own demands were yet to be fully addressed. The agreement, initially reached in July, created a protected transit […]

By Michelle Nichols

Haiti gang blockade causing catastrophic hunger, U.N. says

Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:16 pm CDT

Miami | Reuters — Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, U.N. officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of gangs has prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline for over a month to protest a […]

By Brian Ellsworth