This year’s U.N. report on global food security points to a world where hundreds of millions of people face hunger, deepened by the ravages of climate change and regional economic turmoil.

WorldViews For decades, global hunger was on the decline. Now it’s getting worse again — and climate change is to blame.

Global hunger is once again on the rise, reversing some of the progress made over the last decade of steady decline, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Now, hunger has become a defining feature of the growing gulf between wealthy countries returning to normal and poorer nations sinking deeper into crisis.

There are 745 million more moderately to severely hungry people in the world today than in 2015, and the world is far off track in its efforts to meet an ambitious United Nations goal to end ...

The departure of a grain-filled vessel from Odesa was hailed as a victory against global hunger. But experts say the crisis is so big that no single advance can reverse it.

The United Nations said the way the anti-hunger drive was financed had to change, with greater flexibility needed to ensure the countries most in need got help.

UN says millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years The United Nations food agency says millions of hungry people in West Africa ...

Activists sharply criticised a pledge by the Group of Seven rich countries on Tuesday to commit $4.5 billion to fight global hunger, saying the sum fell short of what was needed with millions of ...

Global food insecurity and malnutrition continued to worsen in 2024, with 295 million people suffering from acute hunger across 53 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ...

Global hunger hit a new high last year with the outlook for 2025 “bleak,” according to a United Nations-backed report. Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for a sixth consecutive ...

Amani Elobeid, teaching professor of economics. Larger image. Photo by Deb Gruca. AMES, Iowa — If Russia's invasion and the ensuing war significantly reduce Ukrainian grain exports, surging prices ...