State of food insecurity report 2015
The 2015 State of Food Insecurity and interactive map are now out. Read about country progress against the MDGs, economic growth, smallholder productivity, social protection systems, and impacts of natural and human-induced disasters.
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Chloe Angood (2015). State of food insecurity report 2015. www.ennonline.net/newsroom/stateoffoodinsecurityreport2015