Inside Story How can we reduce global food insecurity?
New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year. Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity. For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, impacting hundreds of millions of people. The issue is posing a major challenge to the United Nations goal of ending hunger by 2030. Conflict – rather than climate change – is the biggest cause. Has enough been done to address the crisis? Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Alex de Waal – Executive director of World Peace Foundation at Tufts University in the US Mamadou Goita – Member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a Brussels-based think-tank Jemilah Mahmood – Executive Director of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health at Sunway University in Malaysia Published on Wednesday 24 April 2024.
Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond. Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
Primary Title
- Inside Story
Episode Title
- How can we reduce global food insecurity?
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 25 April 2024
Start Time
- 05 : 30
Finish Time
- 05 : 58
Duration
- 28:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond. Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
Episode Description
- New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year. Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity. For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, impacting hundreds of millions of people. The issue is posing a major challenge to the United Nations goal of ending hunger by 2030. Conflict – rather than climate change – is the biggest cause. Has enough been done to address the crisis? Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Alex de Waal – Executive director of World Peace Foundation at Tufts University in the US Mamadou Goita – Member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a Brussels-based think-tank Jemilah Mahmood – Executive Director of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health at Sunway University in Malaysia Published on Wednesday 24 April 2024.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- The source recording to this edition of Al Jazeera English's "Inside Story", "How can we reduce global food insecurity?" for Thursday 25 April 2024 contains defects (corrupted video) due to television signal transmission issues. Some of the title's content is absent.
Genres
- Commentary
- News
Hosts
- Mohammed Jamjoom (Presenter)