Douglas Herbert interviews Cristina Amaral, Chief of Emergency Operations with the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. They discuss the international community's reaction to East Africa's worst drought in 60 years, which has already led to famine in two regions of Somalia.
The United Nations called Monday for "massive and urgent" international aid to save millions of people dying from starvation in the Horn of Africa. The region is in the midst of its worst drought in 60 years.
The United Nations on Wednesday declared famine and appealed for emergency aid in two regions of drought-ravaged southern Somalia, warning that the crisis could spread further unless donors step in.
As G20 farm ministers gather for a historic summit in Paris, Marc Perelman speaks to Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN), about food price volatility and trading rules.
Have you noticed your weekly shopping bills getting higher and higher? If you have, you’re not alone. The price of key staples such as wheat and maize is on the up and that’s trickling down to supermarket shelves. In this edition of Beyond Business we take a closer look at the reasons behind the hikes. Are financial speculators to blame?
Global food prices rose to a record high in December and are expected to climb even further, topping 2008 levels when riots broke out in a number of countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warned Wednesday.
World conference in Rome but without the big names of the G8. Is the World taking Hunger seriously? The USA wants to get local farmers to grow more, in places of need, solving their own problems, feeding their own families… but is this viable?
World conference in Rome but without the big names of the G8. Is the World taking Hunger seriously? The USA wants to get local farmers to grow more, in places of need, solving their own problems, feeding their own families… but is this viable?
A UN summit on food security has vowed to take "urgent action" to eliminate hunger, the plight of more than one billion people around the world. But aid groups say the declaration fails to back up its pledges with the funds to deliver.
