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Machine learning can guide food security efforts when primary data are not available. Predictions that differ from the observed value by maximum ± 5 prevalence points are classified as correct. Predicted prevalence >40% (40%) are classified as high over-estimation (under-estimation). The other regions are classified as low under- and over-estimation. The solid black line indicates where the points would fall if all predicted values perfectly…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than a quarter of adults age 25 and older in the United States experience transportation insecurity, meaning they are unable to move from place to place in a safe or timely manner. …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch famously promoted the "20-70-10" system to increase labor productivity. Managers were asked to rank employees on a bell curve; the top 20% received rewards, while the bottom 10% were fired. …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain All along West Africa's coastline, women play a vital role in the fisheries sector as processors, traders and distributors. But they face many…

Recent UN data on food insecurity paints a bleak picture of a growing international problem: global hunger is not only growing but it disproportionately affects women. Similarly, the international humanitarian aid organisation, CARE, estimates that 150 million more women than men went hungry in 2021. …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study identified multiple risk factors, including high utility bills, employment hardship, and medical hardship, that may lead to food insecurity among mothers of young children, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston. …

Credit: Metropolis Climate change, the war in Ukraine, the adequacy of natural resources, and demographic change are increasingly highlighting issues related to insecurity throughout the world. Published recently, the final report by Insecurity, an international research project, provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenology of human security and insecurity. The report is based on research carried out at the…

LONDON—Rampant food inflation is roiling the world’s least-developed nations. It is also hitting poor people in rich countries.Matsentralen Norge, a food-bank operator in oil-rich Norway, says it is distributing 30% more food compared with the same period in 2021, a year that in itself saw sharply higher demand because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Food-bank usage is on the rise in the U.S., too, while grocery stores report customers there are trading down, buying more store-brand food and avoiding more expensive meat and…

In the last three decades, the world has made considerable progress in reducing child malnutrition, but there is still work to do. Credit: Shutterstock Achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture are key to reaching one of the United Nations' most critical Sustainable Development Goals: Zero Hunger.…