food crisis

About a quarter of Congo's 99 million people face a food crisis and half of all orphans suffer from malnutrition, says World Food Programme.

North Korea has effectively acknowledged serious food shortages, South Korea's unification ministry said.

More than a quarter of the population of 22 million is now struggling to secure adequate, nutritious food, the United Nations says.

Almost half of the world's calorie intake is derived from essential crops such as maize, rice and wheat.

The agreement was designed to alleviate global food shortages, with Ukraine's customers including some of the world's poorest countries.

FELDA will table a paper on suggestions to tackle the food crisis, Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said.

Zelenskiy said the world was on the brink of a "terrible food crisis", with Ukraine unable to export large amounts of wheat, corn, oil.

To address the economic crisis due to the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he said the government has formulated short, medium and long-term measures to stabilise food supplies and prices.

MAFI today assured that food supply in the country has not reached crisis level as claimed by some quarters but is still sufficient.

There is a sufficient supply of fish in the country, and the recent surge in demand is caused by panic buying following reports of a food crisis, the Fisheries Department said.

Fertiliser prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford soil nutrients, Andrei Melnichenko said.

After decades of war and suffering, Afghans are facing "perhaps their most perilous hour"

The world must ensure access to food supplies as forcefully as it moved to ensure access to vaccines.

The project is preparing land to grow rice, cassava and corn, to counter the nation's reliance on imported food.

According to experts, 821 million people go to bed hungry and a newly-published Global Report on Food Crisis indicated an additional 135 million are facing crisis levels of hunger or worse.

Sekurang-kurangnya 155 kematian direkodkan di Valencia, kawasan yang paling teruk terjejas.

Penyiasat terus mencari lelaki itu yang melarikan diri dari tempat kejadian di stesen kereta api Neukolln, selatan Berlin.

Syed Danial, 80 tahun, dianugerahkan darjah tertinggi negeri iaitu Darjah Dato' Seri Paduka Mahkota Perak (SPMP) yang membawa gelaran Datuk Seri.

Jismi berkata, RUU yang diluluskan bagi mengharamkan UNRWA adalah bagi memastikan Israel tidak dipertanggungjawabkan ke atas sebarang kezaliman.

Hukuman yang berat perlu dikenakan terhadap mereka yang melanggar piawaian keselamatan makanan sebagai usaha mengukuhkan aspek berkenaan.

Kementerian Luar Thailand mengulangi gesaan agar semua pihak segera menghentikan serangan balas bagi mengelakkan keadaan meruncing.

Ikuti rangkuman berita utama yang menjadi tumpuan di Astro AWANI.

Antara pelbagai berita dalam dan luar negara yang disiarkan di Astro AWANI, berikut adalah yang paling menjadi tumpuan sepanjang hari ini.

Banyak rangkaian media sosial hari ini memanipulasi kebenaran dengan mengangkat Barat sebagai penyelamat dunia.

Duta BRICS bagi Jordan dan Timur Tengah, Nasser Abu Nassar berkata, ini satu ancaman kerana segala penyebaran dimainkan mereka mempengaruhi corak pemikiran masyarakat dunia.

PETRONAS berhasrat menjelaskan bahawa syarikat itu masih dalam perbincangan dengan Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros) mengenai cadangan pelaksanaan Ordinan Pengagihan Gas (DGO).