by josiahmwd | Oct 16, 2018 | Events
Today, we join the world in celebrating World Food Day, as designated by the FAO, and we are big fans of this year’s campaign tagline – “A Zero Hunger world by 2030 is possible.” At the World Food Bank, we are working diligently on our vision...
by josiahmwd | Sep 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
According to the 2014 Global Hunger Index report, 805 million people were chronically undernourished between 2012 and 2014 across the globe; however, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa suffer most when compared to the rest of the world. What is more,...
by josiahmwd | Jun 23, 2018 | Key Sectors
Each month, the World Food Bank features an in-depth look at the importance of each of the 12 key agricultural sectors in which we work. This month, we are looking at the sectors of both herbicide and pesticide. Herbicides Much of farming is about timing—when to...
by josiahmwd | Jun 20, 2018 | International
At the World Food Bank, the work that we do centers firmly on two key goals: ending world hunger and lifting family farmers out of poverty. We are driven to do this work because we believe in a world where all people can live in health and dignity with the freedom and...
by josiahmwd | May 24, 2018 | Key Sectors
In Sub-Saharan Africa, irrigation is severely underutilized, with estimates showing that only 4 percent of land in the region is under irrigation. At the World Food Bank, one of our main goals is to help farmers increase their farming outputs, their incomes, and their...
