The Heat: World Food Day | Hunger and food insecurity

Hundreds of millions of people are facing hunger around the world. As conflict, economic pressures and climate change intensify, what's being done to address the crisis?

Host: Anand Naidoo

Guests:
Syed Mohammad Ali is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
Abdullahi Boru Halakhe is an Africa security and policy analyst.
Raj Patel is a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems.
Joel Berg is CEO of Hunger Free America.

0:00 The global hunger crisis
1:14 Conflict, climate and rising food prices
3:20 Food insecurity across Africa
5:14 Pakistan's hunger crisis
7:44 Why food distribution is failing
9:41 Debt, energy costs and political instability
11:55 Climate change and regional tensions
14:04 Can innovation help fight hunger?
16:14 The impact of global aid cuts
19:48 Hunger in the United States

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