Food Crisis

Global Food Crisis: Understanding Challenges And Solutions

October 9, 2023 2:54 am

As the hands of time move inexorably forward, the very sustenance that nourishes humanity seems to be slipping through our fingers. The globe is perched on the brink, staring into the abyss of a profound food crisis. What has led us to this precipice? A myriad of factors conspires against us.

Driven by ceaseless population growth, our planet is projected to house nearly 10 billion souls by 2050. Such exponential expansion places immense strain on the global food supply chain, testing its resilience. This burgeoning demand, juxtaposed against the backdrop of shrinking arable land and dwindling water resources, paints …

EU Prepares For Immigration Driven By Food Crisis

July 12, 2022 4:18 am

The EU must prepare itself for new waves of migrants forced to uproot because of the food crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine, the bloc’s border agency chief warned Monday.

While Ukrainian refugees were being handled well, ‘we have to prepare also for refugees coming from other areas because of the food security,’ the interim executive director of the Frontex agency, Aija Kalnaja asserted.

She pointed out in particular that ‘grain transport from Ukraine is hampered, and that will create waves of migration’.

Kalnaja was speaking as she arrived in Prague for a meeting of EU interior ministers …

Africa Must Prepare For A Global Food Crisis, Says Adesina

April 25, 2022 10:07 pm

African Development Bank Group President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina says “Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis.”

Adeshina, in a statement, spoke about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center in Washington DC.

Fielding questions from the Council’s Africa Center Chair, Ambassador Rama Yade; Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby; and Washington/UN correspondent for Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, Julian Pecquet, the Bank chief called for an increased sense of urgency amid what he described as a once-in-a-century convergence of global challenges for Africa.