Tag: food scarcity

EU Clarifies Insect Labelling Rules

The issue of bug eating has become an attack point for European populists, while advocates extoll the benefits of insect consumption to the European Green Deal.

Sri Lanka: A Nation in Turmoil

Images of Sri Lankan protesters storming the presidential palace in Colombo have gone viral on the Internet, and President Rajapaksa has abdicated. But will his successor Ranil Wickremesinghe be able to bring back peace and stability to Sri Lanka?

Salvini: Food Shortages Could Bring 20 Million Africans to Europe

If Ukrainian grain shipments continue to be affected, “significant hunger is expected on the African continent, which will be a humanitarian, then a social, and finally an Italian problem. Without peace, there will be famine in the autumn and 20 million Africans will be ready to leave,” Salvini said.

Africa Hardest Hit by Food Scarcity, UN Reports

In 2021, Africa was the continent that suffered the most from a lack of basic sustenance, and the only continent in the UN study with catastrophic levels of food scarcity, the highest category.