Humanitarian aid around the world was cut by a third in 2025 and Canada is one of the culprits.
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Global humanitarian aid slashed by one-third
Governments drastically slash their international development assistance budgets as they focus on domestic concerns — and aid organizations warn acute food insecurity will expand as a result
CFB Signs New $125-Million Five-Year Agreement
A new five-year $125-million funding agreement signed between the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFB) and the federal government means the Canadian food aid program will continue its quick and early response to global food crisis. Minister of International Co-operation Beverly Oda announced October 26 that Ottawa will provide the CFB, a partnership of 15 churches and
U.S. Must Lead Fight Against Hunger — Bill Gates
Billionaire Bill Gates knows how to end the poverty and hunger that afflicts nearly one billion people worldwide – help them grow more food. At a food security conference May 24, Gates called for U.S. leadership in a global campaign to expand food production. Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 major developing and emerging
U.S. Ethanol Policy Roundly Criticized
If the United States reduced the amount of corn required for its ethanol requirements by just one per cent, it would double Zimbabwe’s entire annual corn consumption and save American taxpayers $50 million a year. Bill Lapp, a U.S. market analyst, tossed those statistics out at the annual GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg last week to
Starvation In An Age Of Plenty
Other countries’ domestic and foreign policies are often at the root of food disasters What is it about Africa? With its tropical climate and rich soil, it should be able to feed its teeming millions many times over. Yet too often Africa becomes a metaphor for famine and hunger. In 1984-85 a horrified world responded
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