Food insecurity
I was shocked to read the ‘International Food Security Assessment 2021-31’ by the United States Department of Agriculture. I was shocked to find out that 38 percent of Pakistan’s population…
Food: security and safety
The only explanation that one can come up with for 2.5 million – and counting – cases of Cocid-19 worldwide, and for the loss of more than 170,000 (plus) precious…
India courts food insecurity
The Indian government last week tabled the National Food Security Bill amidst clamour from the corporate media about the “unaffordable” costs of providing food to the millions who need it.…
How not to waste food
The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) was observed on September 29, 2023. The theme of this year’s IDAFLW was ‘Stop Food Loss and Waste; for…
Is climate a security issue?
As the planet warms to red every summer, the era of the Anthropocene, or the man-made century, is turning out to be an existential challenge to humankind itself. In all…
Security for the future
The impact of natural calamities on malnutrition is undeniably devastating, with a global increase in hunger, inadequate access to nutritious food, and rising levels of food insecurity. The Covid-19 pandemic…
Sustainable food–not more of it–needed as global hunger soars
As global hunger swiftly rises - by more than a third last year - curbing it will require not growing more food but rethinking broader systems of trade and aid,…
Challenges for food-nutrition highlighted
A two-day 2nd Pakistan Food-Nutrition International Summit and Expo, focused on “Pakistan’s Needs Food and Nutritional Security” was held by Riphah International University in collaboration with National Alliance for Safe…
Economic security
Pakistan is currently teetering on the brink of economic collapse. The recent floods have only added to this dire situation, and the loss to our economy has been unprecedented. We…
Food crisis
A friend, a young journalist in Gaza, Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh, told me that food prices in the besieged Strip have skyrocketed in recent weeks and that many already impoverished families…
