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Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is an international NGO committed to saving lives and reducing suffering that accompanies food and water insecurity throughout the world via a four-pronged approach to nutrition, water and sanitation, food security, and health programs.Bread for the World
Bread for the World is a Christian nonpartisan citizens’ movement, which seeks to help hungry people by lobbying US decision makers on legislation that addresses hunger in the US and around the world.CARE
A leading humanitarian organization working to end global poverty, CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters.Catholic Relief Service
Catholic Relief Services provides direct aid to the poor, and involves people in their own development, helping them to realize their potential.Development Gateway’s Food Security Pages
The Development Gateway is a web-based community for the exchange of knowledge and know-how in the field of economic development. The site includes links, news, and other resources on food security.FIAN International
The FoodFirst Information & Action Network is an international human rights organisation that campaigns for the realisation of the right to adequate food, a human right contained in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO is a specialized UN agency working to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improved nutrition and the pursuit of food security.Food and Agricultural Organization - Right to Food Portal
The FAO Right to Food Portal provides information, knowledge and training materials about the implementation of the right to food to contribute to food security and poverty alleviation.Food First (The Institute for Food and Development Policy)
Food First is a nonprofit “peoples” think tank and education-for-action center. Its work highlights root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment to establishing food as a fundamental human right.Freedom from Hunger
Freedom from Hunger is an international development organization that seeks to fight hunger with innovative self-help programs.Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS)
GIEWS issues reports such as Food Outlook and Food Crops and Shortages, and provides early warnings of impending food crises in individual countries.Hunger Notes
Hunger Notes is a program of the World Hunger Education Service, which seeks to inform the public and policymakers about the causes, extent, and efforts to end hunger and poverty in the United States and the world.Hunger Relief Portal
The Hunger Relief Portal provides an overview and links to different hunger relief organizations supported by statistics on the world hunger situation.The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
The IATP promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.InterAction
InterAction is an alliance of US-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations that works to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all.The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The mission of IFPRI is to identify and analyze policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world.The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The IFAD is a specialized UN agency mobilizing resources for programmes that alleviate rural poverty and improve nutrition in developing countries.Marketshare Matrix
The Marketshare Matrix is a project that maps the global food system. The matrix provides country-specific data that answer important questions like; which companies process the bulk of US beef, where do corporations such as Nestle, Cargill, or Monsanto operate and who are the big soybean processors in Brazil?Oxfam International
Oxfam International promotes sustainable development, and public awareness on social and economic justice issues.The Permanent People’s Tribunal on the Right to Food and the Rule of Law in Asia
The Permanent People’s Tribunal on the Right to Food and the Rule of Law in Asia promotes food and water rights in Asia, through investigating situations where there are specific structural obstacles to satisfying people’s food and water needs, and by suggesting ways to overcome these obstacles.ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb provides detailed and comprehensive information on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. Launched in 1996, ReliefWeb is administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Right to Food
This site is dedicated to the mission of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who was appointed by the UN Comission on Human Rights in 2002.Save the Children - International
Save the Children is the world’s largest independent organization for children. It works with emergency relief as well as long-term development.The Secretary General's High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis
This special task force was created by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in April 2008 and is composed of the heads of UN specialized agencies, funds and programs, the Bretton Woods institutions and parts of the UN Secretariat. It aims primarily to promote a unified response to the global food crisis.United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
The UN Commission on Human Rights appointed the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Jean Ziegler in September 2000. The Special Rapporteur works to ensure that governments are meeting their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food of all people.La Via Campesina
This international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers works to promote food sovereignty and sustainable agricultural production based on small and medium-sized producers.World Food Programme
The food aid arm of the UN pursues the goal of eradicating global hunger and poverty. It provides food to meet emergency needs and to support economic and social development.World Hunger Year (WHY)
WHY attacks the root causes of hunger and poverty by promoting effective and innovative community-based solutions that create self-reliance, economic justice and food security.World Vision
World Vision International is a Christian relief and development organization. It works with emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice.
