Big Tech is reshaping food production in Global South
26/2/2026: A report by IPES-Food warns that a powerful alliance between the world's largest technology and agriculture corporations is rapidly gaining control of farming under the guise of innovation. This pathway risks widening inequality between farms and between richer and poorer countries, and shrinking democratic oversight over food systems.
Source: IPES-Food
New global report highlights slow progress in expanding secure land tenure
25/2/2026: The ownership, tenure or use rights of only 35 percent of the world’s land is formally documented, according to a new UN report. More than one billion people fear that they could lose the rights to some or all of their land and housing within the next five years. And more than a third of the world’s stored carbon and 40 percent of its intact forests are at risk of legal limbo.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Food security is the basis of global stability
12/2/2026: The annual Munich Security Conference has highlighted the imbalance between investment in defence and global food security. We need our leaders to recognize that stability and food security are inseparable.
Source: Devex
Hunger concern amid rising violence in West and Central Africa
16/1/2026: A toxic combination of surging conflict, displacement, and economic turmoil has been driving hunger in West and Central Africa, while reductions in humanitarian assistance are pushing communities beyond their ability to cope. A staggering 55 million people in the region are expected to endure crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the June–August 2026 lean season.
Source: World Food Programme
World Food Programme appeals for an end to man-made famines
12/1/2026: According to the World Food Programme’s 2026 Global Outlook, 318 million people around the world face crisis levels of hunger or worse. Current forecasts put the agency's funding at just under half of its needed US$ 13 billion budget, while more complex operating environments are making it harder and more dangerous to deliver food aid.
Source: World Food Programme
Kenya lands $1 billion debt-for-food swap
5/12/2025: Kenya and the US International Development Finance Corporation have agreed to an innovative $1 billion debt-for-food swap. This allows the country to reduce part of its external debt in exchange for redirecting the savings into food security projects.
Source: Devex
Better land, soil and water management key to feeding 10 billion people
1/12/2025: Feeding a projected 10 billion people by 2050 will require bold and smarter choices in how the world manages its land, soil and water, according to a UN flagship report. Over the past 60 years, global agricultural production tripled with only an 8 percent increase in agricultural land – but at high environmental and social costs.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Global hunger deepens amidst uncertain funding
18/11/2025: The world is facing a global hunger crisis with inadequate resources to respond, warns the World Food Programme in its 2026 Global Outlook. A staggering 318 million people face crisis levels of hunger or worse next year - more than double the figure recorded in 2019.
Source: World Food Programme
Millions of lives at risk of famine, warn UN food agencies
11/11/2025: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme have issued a warning of a major hunger emergency, with acute food insecurity set to worsen in 16 countries and territories. Conflict and violence are the leading cause in 14 of the 16 hotspots.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
1.7 billion people experience lower crop yields due to land degradation
3/11/2025: The 2025 State of Food and Agriculture report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization finds that agricultural productivity, rural livelihoods and food security are impacted by human-induced land degradation, affecting approximately 1.7 billion people. The report defines land degradation as a long-term decline in the land’s ability to deliver essential ecosystem functions and services.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization