The milestone of 10 million cups of Royco soup and bread was celebrated with a Ten Million Cups of Hope event at the Nerina Primary School in Bonteheuwel in Cape Town where Minister Angie Motshekga, South Africa's Minister of Basic Education attended.
25 May 2012 07:20
President Jacob Zuma has encouraged communities to use land more effectively to fight hunger and poverty. He was speaking in Butterworth, in the Eastern Cape, where he handed over tractors and cattle to local community projects on Sunday.
30 Apr 2012 07:33The developing world's progress is "seriously lagging" on global targets relating to food and nutrition, with child and maternal mortality rates still unacceptably high, according to the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2012.
25 Apr 2012 16:24
[Nthambeleni Gabara] Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, says government recognises the importance of aquaculture and the role it will play in sustaining production of food fish.
27 Mar 2012 10:30
As a rapidly rising global population and growing prosperity put increasingly unsustainable pressures on resources, the Corporate Sustainability in Africa 2012 conference in Johannesburg in May will aim to find answers to questions as to how we will meet the challenges facing us.
15 Mar 2012 16:14LONDON, UK: About 450 million children will be physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years unless the world takes action to tackle malnutrition, a new report from Save the Children warned on Wednesday, 15 February 2012.
16 Feb 2012 15:30
In an effort to improve the quality of life in the world, Unilever announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday 27 January 2012 the launch of the Unilever Foundation, which through the provision of hygiene, sanitation, access to clean drinking water, basic nutrition and enhancing self-esteem will deliver sustainable change worldwide.
30 Jan 2012 10:46
Food price inflation is one of the main reasons that contributed to the Reserve Bank Governor, Gill Marcus' decision not to hike interest rates. Food inflation is currently 11.6%, considerably more than the overall inflation rate of 6.1%.
23 Jan 2012 10:20Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has vowed to get to the bottom of the problems experienced in various government hospitals in Limpopo, including reports of shortage in food supplies for patients.
20 Jan 2012 16:58[Russel Molefe] Some hospitals in Limpopo have been hit by food shortages, with patients now relying on relatives for daily supplies because of the apparent failure by the government to pay service providers.
19 Jan 2012 23:57 Tuffy is partnering with the Peninsula School Feeding Association (PFSA), which aims to combat short-term hunger in schoolchildren and in doing so promote their learning and potential. The organisation was established in 1958 and over the past 53 years has provided 1.3-billion meals to children in need.
17 Jan 2012 09:58[Shannon Sherry] Though food prices are high and seem likely to stabilise at current levels, finding value in the food sector from a stock investment point of view is not easy.
16 Jan 2012 13:56 Two leading world officials debate the effect of trade on food insecurity in countries and how it has helped focus attention on the stalled Doha trade talks, reports
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23 Dec 2011 10:27
A virus that attacks the cassava plant - estimated to be the world's third most important staple crop - is reaching epidemic proportions in parts of Africa, UN scientists warned today, 18 November.
18 Nov 2011 16:06
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