Society / Hunger
Articles about Hunger, ordered by date. 
No more green revolutions
Foreign seeds and fertilizers will not bring food security. Raj Patel explains why.
Where does all the food go?
How much do we make? Who gets it? What's being over or under consumed? How much do we need?
10 steps to end world hunger
How to create a food system where everyone gets to eat.
‘People just aren’t paid enough’
Witness to hunger by Penny Walters.
Death by Covid-19 – or hunger?
The pandemic has left millions of people on the brink of starvation. Hazel Healy asks why our food system is failing the poorest so badly – and offers a glimpse of a more equitable path. With extra reporting by Mohamed Camara.
Argentina’s big squeeze
Why is hunger growing in a country known as an agricultural powerhouse? Amy Booth reports from Buenos Aires.
![Three-year-old Kholod is admitted to hospital in Hudaida, Yemen suffering from severe acute malnutrition.* One of five children, her father is a teacher but he has not been paid for a year. Extreme hunger and disease are killing around 130 children every day in Yemen, according to Save the Children. [*We would not normally use a picture like this one in New Internationalist, but we felt that at a time when humanitarianism is under attack, it was important to show what is at stake, especially in an article that makes clear that famine is not just bad luck, it's political – ed.]Photo: Giles Clarke, UN OCHA / Getty Images](https://ddhfs03kp1zcg.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/4968/threehundred_511-how-can-famines-be-ended-1.jpg "Three-year-old Kholod is admitted to hospital in Hudaida, Yemen suffering from severe acute malnutrition.* One of five children, her father is a teacher but he has not been paid for a year. Extreme hunger and disease are killing around 130 children every day in Yemen, according to Save the Children. [*We would not normally use a picture like this one in New Internationalist, but we felt that at a time when humanitarianism is under attack, it was important to show what is at stake, especially in an article that makes clear that famine is not just bad luck, it's political – ed.]Photo: Giles Clarke, UN OCHA / Getty Images")
How can famines be ended?
Mass starvation is making a comeback as a weapon of war. To tackle this great evil we must stop talking about food and over-population, and engage with the politics, argues Alex de Waal.
How Turkey is winning hearts and minds
In 2011, Western donors sat back while 250,000 Somalis died of starvation. Then Turkey stepped in. Jamal Osman reports on the rise of aid from the Muslim world.
Cash averts famine in Somalia
SIM cards loaded with cash handed out across the country have been credited with staving off a Somali famine after warnings of an impending crisis in February. Roshni Majumdar reports.
Who profits from the 7 billion population frenzy?
Vanessa Baird on why, when it comes to human numbers, nothing sells like fear.
Egypt's freedom harvest
Rami Zurayk says the Arab uprisings offer a unique chance to embrace food sovereignty.
Who is to blame for the Somali famine?
Is it the US government? Is it Al Shabab? Is it the UN? Sally Healy argues it is the result of a collective failure.
Meat's too expensive
Chris Brazier makes the case for a green and fair diet.
Food last!
Across the world, popular protest has demanded adequate food and fair prices. Stephanie Boyd reports from Cuzco in Peru.
Profits in hungry times
Agribusiness and industrial farming: 10; farmers and the famished: nil. A report from the campaign group GRAIN.
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