Food and Agriculture Organization Stories

Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged DR Congo
Reuters  |  Mar 27, 2025

Those facing acute hunger are classified as Phase 3 or higher in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Of the 28 million in Congo,...

Urgent agricultural aid needed in Ethiopia to tame food crisis - FAO
Hanifa Adan  |  Jun 08, 2024

The FAO has issued a report that notes that 21.4 million people need humanitarian assistance while 13 million require urgent agricultural support, as...

Sugar prices hit 13-year high due to El Nino fallout
Dennis Tarus  |  Oct 06, 2023

Global sugar prices soared to their highest level in almost 13 years in September as the El Nino weather phenomenon hit production in India and Thail...

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