Food Fight: Climate Change and the Coming International Food Crisis [Civil Eats] “Climate change causes agricultural problems that in turn give rise to hardship, hunger, unrest, and even war. Not a pretty picture. In this context it is hardly surprising that the CIA is establishing a new Center for the Study of Climate Change, or …

Climate Conversations: How can we make food security fairer and more sustainable? [AlertNet] “One thing is clear – feeding the world sustainably and more fairly requires us to overcome several substantial hurdles. The world’s population is expected to grow by nearly a third by 2050, when there will be nine billion people. Economies are also growing, and as …

The world’s attention is fixed on the crisis in Egypt—as it should be—but there’s another crisis brewing in Somalia. IRIN reports: “An estimated 2.4 million Somalis require emergency humanitarian assistance as a result of civil unrest and food insecurity, according to the UN Food Security and Analysis Unit-Somalia. The failure of the short rains (October-December 2010) means …

Some of the world’s attention remains focused on the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake (with good reason) but, meanwhile, there’s a crisis happening in Sri Lanka—a country that rarely makes news headlines. According to The Guardian, the Sri Lankan population is facing a major food crisis caused by devastating floods—floods that have wiped out homes, schools, …

Two important articles this week—one in The New York Times and one in Slate Magazine discuss the challenges of food aid worldwide and in Haiti. Take a look.