Source: Catholic Relief Services Country: Haiti The political paralysis and growing unrest has shut down schools, hospitals, transportation, businesses and other services, raising the prospect of an imminent humanitarian disaster. CONTACT: Nikki Gamer Catholic Relief [email protected] (443) 955- 7125 CRS experts warn that political turmoil and violent unrest has once […]

Event Post October 17, 2019 Book launch: Ghana’s prospects for economic transformation Sivan Yosef Agricultural reforms can spark broader growth and development for Ghana, a new book argues.

Oct 16, 2019 Press Release Nepalese student wins international short video contest Washington, D.C.: An undergraduate agricultural science student from Kathmandu, Nepal, won the international short video competition, “My Food, Our Future”, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to mark the World Food Da…

Sustainable Sweden has coined the term “flygskam” to describe shame over harming the planet through flight travel, and even “smygflyga,” the word for flying in secret so no one knows if you did. Yet one of the best-kept travel secrets may be how the world’s island nations just pulled off […]

Source: Concern Worldwide, Action Against Hunger USA, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, World Vision, ALIMA, Amref Health Africa Country: World At least 50 million children under five suffer from acute malnutrition. Despite the existence of life-saving treatment, current strategies of care reach less than 20% of affected children. New […]