SDG 02: Zero Hunger

This starchy wondercrop could help alleviate food insecurity

Mar 16, 2022

Managers check the corn harvested by workers at a farm in Bako.

Southwestern Ethiopia is home to enset. Image: REUTERS/Barry Malone

Emma Charlton

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Still a top science story, which is nice! And here's the actual paper.

The science on the crop. Image: Dr James Borrell

Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.

Finding new ways to tackle hunger and undernourishment is becoming increasingly important. Image: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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What is the World Economic Forum doing to help ensure global food security?

Food insecurity based on the FIES: What does it mean?

What is food insecurity? Image: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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