Nigeria: Owning Up to Food Insecurity in the North This is an excerpt from an article that was originally published on allAfrica.com on June 28, 2012.  "UNICEF runs the bulk of the OTP sites in Nigeria, and provides the nutrition-rich Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) central to the CMAM...

    Josette Sheeran, former head of the UN's World Food Program, outlines her vision of ending worldwide hunger. She believes strongly in establishing school feeding programs, connecting small farmers to markets, empowering women, and developing resiliency in vulnerable communities. Sheeran explains, "I think we can, in our...

While the white sands of Madagascar's Toamasina beaches may create a traveler's oasis, ADRA (Adventist Development & Relief Agency) has created a refuge for local children dying from SAM. ADRACRENI (Center for Intensive Recuperation & Nutritional Education) receives an average of three children suffering from SAM...

CARE lawyer: Niger felt like 'Hunger Games' on steroids Moni Basu, CNN, May 13 "Alexander has seen poverty before -- in 1989, he helped found Hands on Atlanta, which grew to become one of the world's largest community based volunteer organizations with more than half a million...

  President Obama, G8 and African leaders, businesses, international organizations, and civil society will come together today at the G8 Summit to begin a four day discussion on the advancement of global agricultural development, food, and nutrition security in Africa. President Obama is expected to announce...