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Climate Change

Virtual News Conference Highlights Climate Change-Hunger Link

Experts underscored the link between climate change and hunger at a “virtual” news conference connecting the Copenhagen Bella Centre - venue of the COP15 Climate Change Conference - with journalists all over the world. Read report on Climate Change and Hunger
Purchase for Progress

Smallholder Farmers In Nicaragua See New Opportunities

Dionisio Blandon’s crop of maize is growing well this year and he’s confident he can sell it for a better price than normal. Thanks to WFP and its partners in the Purchase for Progress initiative, this smallholder farmer was finally able to buy good quality seeds and fertilisers.
Responding to Emergencies

Myanmar: A Day In The Life Of A Cyclone Survivor

For people whose lives were wrecked last year by Cyclone Nargis, it can take a long time to pick up the pieces and start looking to the future. But 20-year-old Aye Aye Thin has managed. She's driving her community’s recovery forward by helping rebuild a key road. Watch video
   

The Quote

 

Today for the first time in history, over a billion people on earth will go to bed hungry and one of the key factors is an increasingly severe and erratic climate.

               

 

     

      Josette Sheeran
      WFP Executive Director
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