Afghanistan is experiencing the highest surge in child malnutrition ever recorded in the country, with U.S. aid cuts forcing the World Food Programme to turn away three in four of the 4 million acutely malnourished children who need treatment, the Washington Post reports.

The U.S. foreign aid freeze sent shock waves through agricultural research worldwide, with workers halting data collection in sorghum and peanut test plots across Africa, seed companies going unpaid, and research coordinators at more than a dozen U.S. universities laying off staff, Science magazine shows.

The dismantling of USAID has shuttered agricultural research labs and destabilized international crop science, with consequences likely to emerge decades from now. Scientists warn today’s cuts could fuel future food shortages and price spikes.

ProPublica investigates impacts after the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world. Thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved. Here, the authors follow the story of Rose Natabo, who works tirelessly to keep her children alive even amid deep food insecurity caused by the cuts.

In northern Nigeria, organizations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations, Al Jazeera reports.

In the U.S. heartland, The New York Times tells how Kansas farmers once supplied grain for U.S. food-aid programs abroad. After those contracts were canceled, many are struggling to sell their crops and facing mounting financial losses

Rural life in Nepal is getting harder. Global Press Journal documents how farmers are struggling to adapt as development programs lose funding.

Millions of tons of food sat rotting in warehouses after U.S. funding was withdrawn, according to Reuters. Aid workers say the suspension has left entire regions without supplies.