Archive for May 19th, 2025

19/05/2025

Eyewitness: ‘We have plenty of food ready to go into Gaza – we just need the go-ahead’

Human Wrongs Watch

Machines gather dust in bakeries and pots sit empty at hot-meal points as a new report confirms hunger is sliding towards starvation and famine
A girl looks into her camera from behind her mother who is holding up a flatbread and a pack pasta
A woman holds up a piece of bread made from a crushed pasta as her daughter looks on – with markets in Gaza empty even such desparate measures are increasingly impossible. Photo: WFP/Ali Jadallah

People in Gaza are at risk of starvation, with all aid blocked from entering since 2 March. A report by 17 United Nations agencies and NGOs released last week says 470,000 people face catastrophic hunger – level 5 on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the global standard for measuring food insecurity.

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19/05/2025

‘We Depend on Plants for 80% of Food We Eat and 98% of the Oxygen We Breathe. But We Lose 40% of Crops to Pests’

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Food and Agriculture Organizaion (FAO)*

Pest-infected plants can trigger a cascade of negative effects on food supplies and induce outbreaks of zoonotic diseases…

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Plant health is the foundation of food security and is interconnected with human, animal and environmental health. Healthy plants provide nutrient-rich diets for humans and animals and help promote a balanced ecosystem.

Pest-infected plants can trigger a cascade of negative effects on food supplies and induce outbreaks of zoonotic diseases transmitted through harmful pathogens.

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19/05/2025

Acute Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Rise for Sixth Consecutive Year in World’s Most Fragile Regions

Human Wrongs Watch

Joint Report by EU/FAO/IFAD/UNHCR/UNICEF/WB/WFP*

In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record high.

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have sought refuge in Chad due to the ongoing conflict and resulting food shortages.
© WFP/Lena von Zabern | Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have sought refuge in Chad due to the ongoing conflict and resulting food shortages.
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Geneva/New York/Rome/Washington (FAO)* – Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), released on 16 May 2025.