By serving the local communities, creating wealth and facilitating education, we can tackle the problem at its heart and provide a simple solution to a growing global concern.

Welcome to the brutal world of business plan competitions. It's not about co-eds hoping to win the affections of the Bachelor. It's about late nights sketching out business models on sandwich wrappers, pizza boxes, newspapers and white boards.

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The United Nations deputy humanitarian chief says food shortages are "a chronic problem" in southern Africa and more than 5.5 mill...

Today Heifer International joins the FAO and others in observance of World Food Day. This year, the theme "Agricultural Cooperatives -- key to feeding the world" highlights the efforts of smallholder farmers who have united to end hunger.

Every day, across the state of New Jersey, and around the United States, people are forced to make difficult choices, such as: "Should I pay my rent and my utility bills, or buy food for my family?" and "Should I pay for my medication or buy food?" One of the most disturbing and extraordinary aspects of life in this very wealthy state is the persistence of hunger.

For you and me, it likely means that our favorite breakfast sandwich has a higher price tag. But for the world's poorest people, even the slightest price increase can force families to sell the few assets they have and pull their children out school.

ROME -- The three U.N. food agencies urged governments Tuesday to take quick action to curb rising prices of corn, wheat and soybeans and avoid a repe...

It's easy to tell Rabiou Mahamadou is a farmer. Like many people in Niger, it's how he's fed his family for his whole life. In the past, he would have used only techniques handed down from generation to generation. But today, things are different.

If war breaks out between South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan, fewer resources will be available to make the necessary investments that will allow the South Sudanese people to lead fruitful, rewarding lives -- above the poverty line and food secure -- in the new Republic of South Sudan.

Among so many world leaders and high-level representatives from civil society and academia, I felt a sense of critical mass beginning to form in the fight to end global hunger.