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Food Factor Podcast 3 days ago
Can We Feed The World?

In the latest episode of the Food Factor Podcast, we talked to renowned international development expert Sir Gordon Conway about his new book "One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed The World?" We also talk about the impact of our growing understanding about nutrition on the debate about food security and why small farmers have such an important role to play in building long-term food security.

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WFP Photos 5 days ago
Women Climbers Set Out To Conquer Kilimanjaro

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@WFP_WAfrica 5 days ago
In northern #Mali @WFP launched emergency school feeding in Gao. Assistance is being provided to 20 schools for over 8,500 school children.

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Story 1 week ago
Rutshuru Returnees Hope For Security In The DRC

Barimeya, a father of 11, was forced to leave his village when rebels took control of Rutshuru territory. He and his family sought refuge in a camp near Goma, North Kivu’s provincial capital. He has since returned to his village. Like many others, he hopes the peace deal signed in Addis Ababa in late February will hold.

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WFP Photo Gallery 1 week ago
Bangladesh: Working To Enhance Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change

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News Release 1 week ago
All-Female Team Climbs Africa’s Highest Peak With Help Of UN World Food Programme

DAR ES SALAAM – They have conquered the world’s highest mountain. They have climbed the highest peaks in Europe and Australia. Now, seven Nepali women – members of the most successful all-female team ever to scale Mount Everest - will join three African women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

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WFP Photos 1 week ago
Trucks Carry Food From Niger To Mali

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Hunger in the News 1 week ago
WFP scaling up operations to meet dramatic increase in Syrian refugees
Source: UN News Centre The numbers of Syrian refugees, particularly in Jordan and Lebanon are increasing in a dramatic fashion with Jordan receiving some 2,000 a day, according to David Kaatrud of the World Food Programme (WFP). As a result, the agency has begun scaling up its operations to meet the requirements for the summer and beyond. But he says there are resource constraints as the populations arrive in Jordan and Lebanon in large numbers and require food assistance while waiting to be registered.
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News Release 1 week ago
Mali: WFP Opens Up New Routes To Reach More Conflict-Affected People In North

BAMAKO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has opened today a new land route for transporting vital food assistance from Niamey, in Niger, to northern Mali, where the volatile security situation and economic disruption is affecting food supplies.

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News Release 1 week ago
One Year On From The Sahel Crisis: A Review Of The Humanitarian Response

ROME – A year after the international community launched a massive humanitarian response to the food and nutritional crisis affecting millions of people across the Sahel region of Africa, leaders of humanitarian agencies, government representatives from countries affected and major donors met today to review the effectiveness of their assistance.

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Video 2 weeks ago
4 Questions About Last Year's Hunger Crisis In The Sahel

WFP Niger Country Director Denise Brown answers five questions about the international response to the hunger crisis last year in the Sahel.

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WFP Photo Gallery 2 weeks ago
Sahel 2012 - The Response To The Hunger Crisis

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News Release 2 weeks ago
Five Dollars Per Person: Luxembourg Is Highest Per Capita Donor To WFP Afghanistan

KABUL – With a donation of more than US$660,000 (€500,000), Luxembourg is the first country to contribute to the regular operations of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan in 2013. This donation makes Luxembourg, a landlocked country located in western Europe with a population of about 525,000, the highest per capita donor to WFP Afghanistan.

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Video 2 weeks ago
Emergency School Meals Provide Comfort And Nutrition To Kids In Mali

WFP is providing emergency school meals to the children of families displaced by recent violence in Mali. The children are being provided two meals during class instead of just one in order to ensure that they're getting the nutrition they need to learn and grow as they wait to return home.

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Hunger in the News 2 weeks ago
Food and nutrition security should be the top development goal
Source: FAO
13 February 2013, Rome - A global multi-stakeholder consultation to discuss the world development agenda beyond 2015 has called for food security and nutrition to be the central element in future development efforts. New development objectives should be established for the entire global community.

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WFP Photo Gallery 2 weeks ago
Syrian Refugees in Turkey

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Story 2 weeks ago
Food Vouchers Give Syrian Refugees A Taste Of Home

WFP is providing Syrian refugees in Turkey with electronic vouchers they can use to buy some of their favourite foods from home at local shops. One of few comforts to families living in camps like the ones in Hatay, the programme has also given a boost to the local economy.

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News Release 2 weeks ago
WFP Provides Food Assistance To The Poorest Syrian Refugees In Egypt

CAIRO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun providing assistance through food vouchers to more than 7,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees in Egypt.

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Story 2 weeks ago
Feedback Desk Gives Pakistan Families A Voice In Food Aid

A new feedback desk in Pakistan has opened a direct line between WFP and the people who depend on it for food assistance. In just a few short years, the service has already evolved into an essential part of WFP’s work in the country, informing its operations on the ground while making the agency more accountable to the people it serves.

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Can We Feed The World?

Women Climbers Set Out To Conquer Kilimanjaro

In northern #Mali @WFP launched emergency school feeding in Gao. Assistance is being provided to 20 schools for over 8,500 school children.

Rutshuru Returnees Hope For Security In The DRC

Bangladesh: Working To Enhance Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change

All-Female Team Climbs Africa’s Highest Peak With Help Of UN World Food Programme

Trucks Carry Food From Niger To Mali

WFP scaling up operations to meet dramatic increase in Syrian refugees

Mali: WFP Opens Up New Routes To Reach More Conflict-Affected People In North

One Year On From The Sahel Crisis: A Review Of The Humanitarian Response

4 Questions About Last Year's Hunger Crisis In The Sahel

Sahel 2012 - The Response To The Hunger Crisis

Five Dollars Per Person: Luxembourg Is Highest Per Capita Donor To WFP Afghanistan

Emergency School Meals Provide Comfort And Nutrition To Kids In Mali

Food and nutrition security should be the top development goal

Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Food Vouchers Give Syrian Refugees A Taste Of Home

WFP Provides Food Assistance To The Poorest Syrian Refugees In Egypt

Feedback Desk Gives Pakistan Families A Voice In Food Aid

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