IOL reports that the number of commercial farmers in South Africa is set to fall from 40 000 to 15 000 over the next 15 years. Experts believe that without enough viable commercial farms, South Africa's food security is endangered.
2 Nov 2011 07:24 In marking World Food Day on Sunday 16 October 2011, FoodBank encouraged the public to give up the cost of a meal by donating R20 to help feed hungry people. SMS the word 'FoodBank' to 40421 and the R20 donation will feed 12 hungry people. The line will be active for donations until 31 January 2012.
14 Oct 2011 09:55
Twelve projects, bringing together researchers from across disciplines, will study Campylobacter in the food chain, from field to plate. Together, the projects cover a comprehensive range of questions about Campylobacter, which is the leading cause of food poisoning in the UK.
16 Sep 2011 09:20
In a bid to stop millions of people dying and suffering every year from malnutrition, WHO today is launching a new web-powered initiative that clarifies guidance on life-saving nutrition interventions, and assists governments and healthcare providers to better scale up action against all forms of malnutrition.
6 Sep 2011 14:09
At the IUFoST 15th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Lisa Ronquest, together with Brian Weyers from the Shoprite Group of companies, elaborated on the private sector's efforts to commercialize fortified food products across South Africa's most needy regions. Lisa Ronquest is the head of research and development of the food division at Mars Africa.
3 Sep 2010 11:54Life-saving interventions can save 11 million African women, children over next five years:
Countdown report
30 Jul 2010 06:58Buying food aid closer to where it is needed is cheaper and saves time, says a new US government report, but weak local markets and a lack of reliable suppliers can be problematic.
9 Jun 2009 07:33As Ethiopia struggled with high food prices and a lack of relief aid in 2008, the UN children's agency, UNICEF, initiated one of the biggest responses to fight severe malnutrition ever undertaken.
28 Jan 2009 15:02Makueni District Hospital in eastern Kenya has recorded a significant drop in the weight of several of its HIV-positive patients in the past three months, which nutritionists ascribe to severe food shortages across much of the country.
26 Jan 2009 08:46Ready-to-eat blended food has revolutionised the treatment of children who are acutely malnourished. In a pilot project, the UN Children's Agency (UNICEF) will use a similar product not to treat, but to prevent malnutrition in conflict- and drought-ridden Somalia.
12 Jan 2009 13:49In Côte d'Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special nutritional training in the north to respond to what nutrition experts call “alarming” malnutrition levels.
27 Oct 2008 08:13The European Commission (EC) is ready to increase its aid to fight malnutrition in Burkina Faso if current EC nutrition projects prove to be "success stories," said its humanitarian chief Louis Michel.
16 Sep 2008 09:44During the nearly three months that nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe were banned from operating by President Robert Mugabe's government, people desperate for food foraged for wild fruits to survive, in some cases with tragic consequences.
4 Sep 2008 16:07Access to food in Djibouti has been cut by more than 50 percent because of reduced availability and rising prices, according to a humanitarian official.
16 Aug 2008 14:40
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