Press Releases related to Agriculture
-
ONE reacts to UK’s support for G8 Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security
ONE reacts to the Department for International Development’s announcement that the UK will join G8 nations, African countries, aid agencies and 45 leading multinational and African companies in a new alliance for food and nutrition. More
-
Oxfam & ONE welcome EU initiative to prevent yet another crisis in the Horn of Africa
EU Development Ministers, meeting today in Brussels, gave the green light to SHARE - a new European initiative to boost the prevention of hunger and famine in the Horn of Africa. More
-
ONE Welcomes G8 Foreign Ministers’ Continuing Support for Effective Global Health, Food Security and Nutrition Programs
Michael Elliott, President and CEO of ONE, issued the following reaction to the G8’s Foreign Ministers’ communiqué More
-
Britain’s Olympic hope Mo Farah joins campaigners across the world to sow the seeds of change
New analysis published today by ONE has found that 50 million people could be locked in extreme poverty and 15 million children could remain chronically malnourished unless world leaders take urgent action to break the cycle of poverty and hunger.
These new findings have been released to mark the launch of Thrive, ONE’s ambitious new campaign that calls on each of us to play our part to break the cycle of hunger and poverty by tackling their root causes. More -
ONE calls on President Kikwete to tackle food security
A group of smallholder farmers and ordinary African citizens marched to State House Tanzania today to deliver a petition signed by more than 16,000 Africans. The petition calls on African leaders to provide greater food security for ordinary Africans by investing more in support for smallholder farmers. Campaigners called on President Jakaya Kikwete to take the lead on investment in sustainable agriculture, setting an example for other African Leaders. More
-
PM recognises agriculture is vital to Somalia’s future
Anti-poverty campaign group ONE has today welcomed Prime Minster David Cameron's recognition that investment in agriculture over the long-term is a key part of Somalia's return to strength and stability. More
-
Global drive against hunger needed to end famine for good
The UN today reports famine conditions in Somalia have ended. Anti-poverty campaign group ONE calls for world leaders to ensure that this is the last famine in history. Adrian Lovett, Europe Director of ONE, said: "We called on world leaders to fight this obscene famine. Because millions of ordinary people spoke out and some of those leaders responded generously, hundreds of thousands of people who faced imminent death are alive today. But the end of this famine must mark the beginning of a global drive against hunger." More
-
ONE calls on president Calderon not to drop the G20 development agenda
Mexico will take over the G20 at a stormy time for the global economy. Mexico can lead on restoring a truly global outlook to the G20, with Africa as part of the solution to the growth and debt crises that has dominated in France. When ONE co-founder Bono met with President Calderón in May there was strong agreement the G20 should continue to focus on fighting poverty.
More -
The untold story: famine avoided
Anti-poverty campaign group ONE today launched a new short film about the food crisis in the Horn of Africa as part of its Hungry No More campaign. The films, which are the result of a unique collaboration with the African production company A24 Media, focus on the untold story of the food crisis that is gripping the region. More
-
500 miles from the 500 million
As G20 leaders prepare to meet in Cannes, just 500 miles from the African coast, anti-poverty group ONE has urged them not to overlook the opportunity on their doorstep or to forget the ongoing food crisis in the Horn of Africa. More