Government groceries? NY’s new leftist mayor eyes supermarket experiment
New York (AFP) - New Yorkers struggling to afford food in the country's biggest city -- and often exorbitantly expensive ...
Monday, May 11, 2026
Tag: food security
Government groceries? NY’s new leftist mayor eyes supermarket experiment
New York (AFP) - New Yorkers struggling to afford food in the country's biggest city -- and often exorbitantly expensive ...
Food stamps, the bulwark against hunger for over 40 mn Americans
Washington (AFP) - The ongoing budget deadlock in the United States is threatening food security of around 42 million Americans ...
Award-winning Nigerian agronomist dreams of a cassava ‘revolution’
Ibadan (Nigeria) (AFP) - Mercy Diebiru-Ojo's ambitions are straightforward -- increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight ...
Gaza faces ‘critical risk of famine’: UN report
Paris (AFP) - Gaza is at "critical risk of famine", with the entire population facing a food crisis after more ...
Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change: UN
Abidjan (AFP) - Africa faces a disproportionate burden from climate change and the costs of adapting, the World Meteorological Organization ...
IMF approves use of reserve assets for ‘hybrid’ financial instruments
Washington (AFP) - The IMF said Wednesday that its board had voted to allow member states' IMF-issued international reserve assets ...
El Nino raises food security risk in southern Africa: FAO
Paris (AFP) - The El Nino weather phenomenon, coupled with widespread drought, is posing an increasing risk to food security ...
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