People in some African countries are starving, the World Food Programme says, warning of a wider famine – when people die of hunger. But we have found ways of fighting starvation. People like Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, who’s just won the World Food Prize, have made sure most of the world’s poorest people now have enough to eat.
Despite enormous progress in combatting hunger and famine over the past half-century, people are still at risk of starvation in some countries at some times – and global warming is increasing the risk.
International organisations continue to provide emergency aid. But scientists are also developing new solutions to avoid such crises – like Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted’s work to promote fish farms and other foods from water.
Read the latest warning of famine from the WFP in this AFP report via The Global Times.
The World Food Programme is making an appeal right now for funds to fight the famines it warns are spreading in Africa. You can help here.
Read the World Food Prize citation and details about Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted here.
Read an interview with Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted in Global Voices.
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