By LiCAS.news Manila, March 28, 2022: An estimated three million Filipino families, or 11.8 percent of Filipino families, experienced involuntary hunger in the last quarter of 2021. A survey done by pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows an 11.8-percent hunger rate in December 2021, higher than the 10 percent, orContinue Reading
Swagata Yadavar With more than a fifth of its children wasted — low weight for height — India ranks 100 among 119 countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI), down three places from 97 last year. Only in three other countries — Djibouti, Sri Lanka and South Sudan —Continue Reading
New Delhi India – one of the fastest growing economies in the world – cannot feed its children. This was highlighted once again in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released Tuesday which placed the country 97th in a list of 118. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a multidimensionalContinue Reading
Bangui: The United Nations is warning of a hunger crisis in Central African Republic that is affecting half the country’s population. The UN World Food Program said Wednesday that some 2.5 million people in the conflict-ravaged country face hunger. The number has doubled in just one year, officials said. CentralContinue Reading
