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South Sudan: Global supply chain disruptions, a collapsed health system and conflict drive hunger and malnutrition
April 30, 2026
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Food security: Reducing food loss and waste is our best investment for mitigating current and future food crises
April 29, 2026
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Sudan IPC analysis: increasing severity of hunger and mass starvation
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Read MoreSouth Sudan: Global supply chain disruptions, a collapsed health system and conflict drive hunger and malnutrition
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis warns that 7.8 million people, nearly 55 per cent of South Sudan’s population are facing crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+) between April and July 2026.
Read MoreFood security: Reducing food loss and waste is our best investment for mitigating current and future food crises
Against this backdrop, a new CARE report Why Food Loss & Waste Technologies Scale or Fail, released today, finds that reducing food loss and waste is one of the most effective—and overlooked—solutions to strengthen food security and resilience for millions of smallholder farmers, especially women.
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