Chief Economist and Director of Analysis, Planning and Performance at the United Nations World Food Programme. Tweets are my own.
Rome, Italy
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BREAKING NEWS:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP).
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If affordability is a crisis in the world's richest economy, imagine the world's poorest economies.
Hunger and malnutrition undermine human capital, productivity and economic stability.
Preventing hunger is not just charity. It is sound economics.
#FoodSecurity #Hunger
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Five global food crises in less than 20 years. At what point do we stop calling them shocks and start recognizing them as a systemic failure?
My latest article for Chatham House on how to break the cycle: @TheWorldToday @ChathamHouse @WFP @WFP_Media
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When oil prices rise, cost of everything else rises with it—food, energy, transport, the cost of daily life itself. Say a little prayer for the poor and hungry amongst us. For them, every spike isn’t just an inconvenience—it’s more hunger, hardship, and heartbreak!
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Strategic effective aid does more than save lives. It also stabilizes populations, saves taxpayers $ and gives hope! time.com/7333872/why-humanit…
My Foreign Affairs piece lays out the global hunger crisis and the political, economic, and moral costs of inaction. Leaders must act — now. @WFP @WFP_Media @UN @FAO
A Hidden Hunger Crisis Is Destabilizing the World foreignaffairs.com/world/hid… via @ForeignAffairs
Thank you @MelissaFleming for helping me shed the light on human suffering! Our indifference does indeed kill more people than bullets. @wfp @wfpmedia @wfpvam @WFP_MENA
My @WFP colleague Arif Husain spent the past decade raising his voice for those struggling to get enough to eat.
On Awake At Night, he reflects on how conflict, climate change & economics conspire to breed hunger & offers hope from a surprising source. bit.ly/4eOkXat
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🆕Acute hunger rose for the fourth year in a row, while funding to address needs is dwindling.
In the newest Global Report on #FoodCrises, learn where and why conflicts, climate and economic shocks are driving people into extreme levels of food insecurity. #GRFC24
Explainer: What is famine? news.un.org/en/story/2024/03…
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A new food security report from #Gaza predicts imminent #famine unless fighting stops and aid agencies are given full and unhindered access to all those in need.
Arif Husain, @WFPChiefEcon, explains the report's findings. ⤵️
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Famine in the northern part of Gaza is imminent.
1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger - the highest number of people ever recorded –anywhere, anytime.
This is an entirely manmade disaster.
And it can - and must - be halted.
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🆕 #Gaza: After a 14-truck convoy was turned away today, WFP food for 20,000 people was dropped into northern Gaza with support of the Jordanian Air Forces.
WFP is determined to do whatever it takes to reach people in need. ⚠️ But to avert famine, we must have access by road.
It is agonizingly painful to see such tragedy unfold right in front of our eyes. How can we explain all this to our kids?
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In north Gaza, 1 in 6 children under 2 years old is acutely malnourished.
An immediate humanitarian ceasefire is the only way to scale up the delivery of aid to those who need it most.
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We’ve had to make the impossible choice to pause aid distributions in Northern Gaza. There’s an incredible level of desperation against the backdrop of immense humanitarian need.
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A famine doesn’t have to happen. But if things don’t change, it will.
Thank you @SenSanders for giving me the opportunity to candidly discuss the current food security situation in Gaza and its consequences. @WFP @WFP_Media @WFP_MENA
I am LIVE NOW with @WFPChiefEcon Arif Husain to discuss the horrific hunger crisis in Gaza. Children are at risk of starving. We must act now. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1yoKMwYgr…