Afghan food production hit by drought and pests: poor face rising food prices

Rome Afghanistan\'s agriculture has suffered widespread crop failure caused by below average rains as well as plant and animal diseases, according to a joint report issued by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and WFP. More than six million Afghans will need food and non-food assistance in the coming year.

TPG assists WFP airlift of emergency food to Sudanese refugees in Chad

Rome With its third assisted flight in support of the Darfur crisis, the global mail, express and logistics company TPG N.V. is financing the transport by WFP of high-energy biscuits to Chad. This generous donation by WFP\'s first and largest corporate partner will help address the malnutrition levels among thousands of people sheltering in refugee camps across the border from conflict-ridden Western Sudan.

Top official calls on Myanmar to step up reforms so poor can benefit

Bangkok A top WFP official calls on the government of Myanmar to step up its efforts toward social and economic reforms for the benefit of the country\'s desperately poor and needy people.

First WFP Convoy across the Sahara arrives to feed refugees in Chad

Oure Cassoni Camp, Chad The first convoy of trucks carrying food aid for WFP across the Sahara desert arrives at a refugee camp in eastern Chad, ending a 2,800-kilometre journey from Libya\'s Mediterranean coast and opening up a new route to feed tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees.