Liberia, April 8 -- Summary

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, climate correspondent with New Narratives

Across rural communities in Liberia, rice paddies have fed families for generations and that have also, for generations, never quite been enough. Fields that yield barely a ton per hectare. Families that import nearly every grain they eat. A country, for more than two decades, has ranked among the hungriest on earth.

It is here, in Monrovia, the country's capital, a bustling city, not farmland that Concern Worldwide, a humanitarian organization that supports vulnerable communities, and partners have chosen to launch its 2025 Global Hunger Index report in a high powered event this week.

The organization says the event underscores the me...