TEHRAN, April 3, YJC - Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining the steady improvement achieved before 2010 when the prevalence of undernourishment, stunting, anemia and poverty were decreasing, a new FAO report said.
The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, says Saudi Arabia's devastating war in Yemen is hindering efforts to save children from acute malnutrition and deaths caused by preventable diseases.
SAO PAULO, Aug 17, 2014 (AFP) - Russia's embargo on US and EU food products has opened a window of opportunity for Latin America, which could capitalize on the Ukraine crisis to become a major food supplier to Moscow.
TEHRAN, YJC. Zoolbia and bamia are two types of pastry special to the Iranian Ramadan, when confectionery shops allocate a big part of their work to making these eye-catching and tasty pastries much favored by fasters to go with milk or tea for breaking their fast.
Tehran, YJC. -- Iraq is facing serious food security concerns following the recent escalation of conflict in a large swath of the country, FAO has warned.
In the Bost Hospital here, a teenage mother named Bibi Sherina sits on a bed in the severe acute malnutrition ward with her two children. Ahmed, at just 3 months old, looks bigger than his emaciated brother Mohammad, who is a year and a half and weighs 10 pounds.
TEHRAN, YJC.-- New figures show that poverty is on the rise in the US, as the number of people receiving food stamps has soared to a record high of almost 50 million Americans.