Rome, 13th October – Dominant agri-food firms have become too big to feed humanity sustainably, too big to operate on equitable terms with other food system actors, and too big to drive the types of innovation we need. This was…
Category: Food & nutrition
Ending hunger by 2030? This is possible
By Rod Brooks Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct 11 (IPS) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently announced that the number of hungry people in the world has increased by 38 million in the past year due to climate change,…
Fixing food system to solve humanity’s greatest challenges
By Elwyn Grainger-Jones Montpellier, France, Oct 11 (IPS) – We are at a moment of huge opportunity in the world’s food system. We can continue on our current trajectory of consuming too little, too much, or the wrong type of…
Specially selected delicacies at Amari Dhaka on Diwali
Dhaka, October 10, 2017: The spirit of Diwali is knocking on the door with its vibrant colours and lights. At Amari Dhaka, the celebration of the festival of lights will be commemorated by the introduction of specially selected Indian delicacies.
Baridhara Society’s support for tube wells in Rohingya camp
Dhaka – The memorandum of understanding is being signed in between M. Ehsanul Hoque, President- Baridhara Society and Nipin Gangadharan, Country Director-Action Against Hunger for assistance to Rohingya Refugees at 93 Sohrawardy Avenue on Tuesday evening.
Rohingya refugee women bring stories of unspeakable violence
By Naimul Haq Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 10 (IPS) – Yasmin, 26, holds her 10-day-old baby, who she gave birth to in a crowded refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern district bordering Myanmar. Three weeks ago, when she was…
Eskayef’s Rohingya relief operation
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while recently visiting the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar expressed her firm determination to help the Rohingyas on the humanitarian ground saying- “If we can feed 160 million people, we can…
A world without exhaust pipes
Monica Araya The growing popularity of electric vehicles is set to curb one of the largest sources of global pollution. But a consumption bias continues to impede many buyers’ embrace of the technology, and until it is addressed, electric mobility…
Health – environment disasters huge at Rohingya camp
Stephan Uttom, Cox’s Bazar and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka As the influx of refugees continues, the Bangladesh government has cleared forests to build the world’s largest refugee camp Aid groups and environmentalists have warned against possible the outbreak of disease…
Police cordon off ‘militant hideout’ in Jessore
Jessore, Oct 9 – Police cordoned off a house in Ghop Central Road area of the district town on early Monday suspecting it a militant hideout.
BAU observes 57 th founding anniversary
Mymensingh – The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh observed its 57 th founding anniversary on Saturday with much enthusiasm and festivity.
Prince Charles worns of ‘plastic on the manu’ in world’s fish
Britain’s Prince Charles said that plastic is now “on the menu” in the fish we eat and called for decisive action as he opened a conference Thursday on protecting the world’s oceans. The heir to the British throne, a long-time…
Staple prices record notable fall
The prices of different kinds of rice have declined by Taka 5 to 8 in per kilogram across the country. With government’s initiatives, including running of open market sale (OMS) in the city and district, conducting mobile courts and possibility…
Integrate nutrition into national policies, budgets: UN
In October 2015, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Nutrition and Food Systems, to be presented at CFS 44, which starts on…
19 Unique and innovative farm-to-school programmes
Danielle Nierenberg October is national Farm-to-School Month in the United States. It’s a time to celebrate the connections between schools, farmers, and locally and regionally produced foods. Each year, millions of students, farmers, and communities across North America celebrate the…
Rohingya: Walk a mile in their shoes
Nahar Khan My reminiscences of Cox’s Bazar are deeply rooted in my childhood during family vacations taken with my parents and three siblings – horse rides on the beach, sunsets against the widest horizon, charcoal barbecues by nightfall, and copious…
Suffering from diabetes? Eating broccoli can help
Eating broccoli sprouts may help diabetes patients manage their blood sugar, according to a new study which offers a much needed alternative to address the worldwide epidemic.Eating broccoli sprouts may help diabetes patients manage their blood sugar, according to a…
Making right to development a reality for everyone
Geneva(Kanaga Raja) – More than 30 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, business-as-usual will not be sufficient to achieve progress, a United Nations human rights expert has said.
WFP chief says world must step up Rohingya aid
Cox’s Bazar, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — The head of the United Nations’ food-assistance agency on Sunday urged the international community to step up its support for the relief operation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh or risk “a massive catastrophic disaster.”
6 fishermen jailed-fined for defying Hilsa ban
Barguna, Oct 01-A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced five fishermen to two years’ imprisonment and fined another TK 5,000 for catching Hilsa defying government ban.
US Drug Admin approves Lilly pill for breast cancer
Dhaka, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) – U.S. regulators have approved a new medicine for treating a common type of breast cancer after it has spread to other parts of the body.
Plastic sheets to cover Rohingyas in open-air camps
Dhaka, Sept 30 – The United Nations refugee agency has announced that it has started distributing plastic sheeting and essential relief items to Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar as part of a massive effort to cut the time refugees…
New stunting prevention initiative launched in Balochistan: WFP
Quetta: A new programme to prevent stunting among children in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has been launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with the provincial government’s Planning and Development Department.
Children of 5 -13 years are the most stunted in India
The results were found in a study by country’s premier National Institute of Nutrition. Children between 5 and 13 years are the most undernourished in the country (India), finds a study by the country’s premier National Institute of Nutrition.
17 organizations fighting global hunger
Danielle Nierenberg The United Nations released a report in September titled “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017,” identifying a five-percent increase in global hunger from 2015 to 2016. According to the report, the number of chronically…
Diarrhoeal diseases rise alarmingly among Rohingyas
IFRC appealing for 12.7mn Swiss francs to support 100,000 Rohingyas Dhaka, Sept 29 – Red Crescent mobile clinics in Cox’s Bazar are treating an increasing number of people with acute watery diarrhoea, raising concerns about a possible outbreak of disease…
6th mass extinction of wildlife threatens global food supplies
Plant and animal species that are the foundation of our food supplies are as endangered as wildlife but get almost no attention, a new report reveals The sixth mass extinction of global wildlife already underway is seriously threatening the world’s…
Govt not sincere to solve Rohingya crisis: Fakhrul
Cox’s Bazar, Sept – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is not sincere about resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Ho Chi Minh eulogised – Six eminent persons honoured
The contributions of Ho Chi Minh, the great Vietnamese leader who had not only successfully led the war of liberation of his country but also inspired freedom struggle in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the globe were eulogised at a seminar…
World hunger increasing for first time since turn of the century
A United Nations study found that war and climate change were the driving forces of an increase in malnutrition worldwide in 2016. By Shelley Connor The number of people suffering from malnutrition worldwide rose to 815 million in 2016, rising…