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Ensuring a food secure future: ingredients for change
Publication: Briefing paper -
Publisher: PANOS Institute;
While hunger makes the international news during times of famine, chronic food shortages are a feature of everyday life for millions of people in Africa and Asia. It is estimated that, unless there is a major change in policy, 600 million people worldwide will regularly go hungry by 2015. Food insecurity is not just about a lack of food, but includes poor nutritional quality of available food and constant worry about getting food in the future. This briefing explains why the media have a crucial and ongoing role in highlighting food security - not just in times of crisis - and illustrates how academic research can provide the back-story to events and help journalists broaden the debate. READ MORE
Publisher: PANOS Institute;
While hunger makes the international news during times of famine, chronic food shortages are a feature of everyday life for millions of people in Africa and Asia. It is estimated that, unless there is a major change in policy, 600 million people worldwide will regularly go hungry by 2015. Food insecurity is not just about a lack of food, but includes poor nutritional quality of available food and constant worry about getting food in the future. This briefing explains why the media have a crucial and ongoing role in highlighting food security - not just in times of crisis - and illustrates how academic research can provide the back-story to events and help journalists broaden the debate. READ MORE
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