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Key Publications


Hunger is the World’s Greatest Solvable Problem

Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem. Solving hunger boosts economic development, builds the brains and bodies of the next generation and builds a stronger, more prosperous and secure world.

HIV, AIDS, TB and Nutrition Fact Sheet

Food and nutrition support is essential for keeping people living with HIV healthy longer and for improving the effectiveness of treatment. WFP support allows food-insecure and malnourished people...

Fighting Hunger Worldwide

WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in more than 70 countries.

Two Minutes to Learn About: School Meals

No child should attend school hungry. This is why WFP provides school meals to around 24 million children each year and works closely with governments to support them in creating their own sustainable school feeding...

WFP in Africa - 2012 Facts and Figures and Partners

WFP assists African governments and communities to implement comprehensive, country-led, programmes to tackle hunger the world’s greatest solvable problem. In 2012, out of a total US$4.2 billion expenditure,...

WFP-EU Partnership 2011 & 2012

In 2011 and 2012, the EU (Member States and the European Commission) supported WFP operations in more than 30 countries with over €2 billion. See how and where WFP, and its biggest EU partner, ECHO, are building...

Food Procurement Annual Report 2012

In 2012, WFP procured more than 1.5 million metric tons (mt) of cereals, of which 404,492 mt of wheat. Compared to 2011, when wheat was purchased mainly from the CIS countries and the Black Sea region, wheat of...

WFP's Safety Nets Policy

The nature and volume of its activities demonstrate WFP’s leading role as a global practitioner in internationally defined safety nets.This paper updates WFP’s 2004 policy framework in light of evidence...

Compendium of WFP Policies Relating to the Strategic Plan

At its 2010 Second Regular Session the Board asked the Secretariat to produce a compendium of WFP policies relating to the Strategic Plan highlighting the relevant policies by Strategic Objective. The compendium is...

HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa, the region most affected by the HIV epidemic, WFP’s food and nutrition support is an essential part of HIV treatment and care.