Food security

Daily chart: Famine mortality

A history of global famine deaths29

Aid policy: Helping whom, exactly?

The administration proposes overdue reforms of America’s overseas food aid4

Aid policy: Helping whom, exactly?

The administration proposes overdue reforms of America’s overseas food aid99

Hunger: Not a billion after all

New estimates of hunger by the FAO suggest the problem is not as widespread as was thought64

North Korea: Where the sun sinks in the east

With a decrepit economy, and now devastating floods, a closed regime shows signs of greater openness—though not to everyone41

Global food security: Eat better? Let women do the work...

Among the finding of the EIU's new Global Food Security Index is a strong correlation between women's economic opportunity and access to affordable, safe food.14

Suburban poverty: Poverty, position and pride

Horror of appearing as poor as they are may lead some formerly middle-class families to prefer the dole over downmarket work212

Food and stability in North Korea: Deprive and rule

Why does North Korea’s dictatorship remain so entrenched despite causing such hunger and misery?206

Famine in the Horn of Africa: How have things changed?

Apart from hand-wringing, what have been the reactions to the famine in the Horn of Africa?50

The Horn of Africa: Chronicle of a famine foretold

Did the world react too late to signs of famine in Somalia?55

The politics of food: Hungry for votes

How much do rich governments really worry about feeding the world?10

Survival in the Sahel: It's getting harder all the time

Climatic extremes, from drought to flood, threaten survival10

Global hunger

Global hunger index: Feed the world

How hunger has changed across the developing world0

Food aid for Africa: When feeding the hungry is political

A United Nations agency under attack7

Ethiopia: Live Aid-Arms Aid?

Was food aid pilfered?13