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World Disasters Report 2011 focuses on the growing crisis of hunger and malnutrition.

Smallholder farmers who produce half the world’s food are among the almost one billion people who go to bed hungry every night. Millions of children suffer the irreversible effects of undernutrition. Increasing food insecurity weakens people’s resilience to disasters and disease, and people everywhere are experiencing the increasing volatility of food prices. Read more

Food security on ifrc.org

The struggle to keep flood survivors fed in Pakistan

Devastation by flooding is often followed by a crisis in local agriculture and, consequently, ...

Improving food security in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia

Melia Mussa was born 40 years ago. She is one of the many beneficiaries in Grawa, East Hararghe ...

Bargaining for food in the Sahel

In 2009–2010, Niger once again suffered through another food crisis. The IFRC and its partners ...

WDR 2012

Theme for the World Disasters Report 2012 is forced migration. The report will be launched in mid-October.
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