The Food and Agriculture Organization leads United Nations Commission on Population and Development to call for actions that favour responsible consumption and production patterns. A woman in Fatumnasi holding her harvest, casava. Image: Aris Sanjaya/CIFOR via Flickr. CC BY NC-ND 2.0FAO (UN) May 17, 2021 In a sign that food security and nutrition are increasingly seen as key vectors...

By Zukiswa Pikoli and Michelle Banda• 23 May 2021 A major contributor to South Africa’s hunger crisis is the economic downturn and loss of income as a result of Covid-19, yet food prices continue to rise despite the Constitution’s assertion that all citizens have a right to sufficient food. South Africa’s hunger crisis, fuelled by poverty...