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Key Publications


WFP and the Millenium Development Goals

Through the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals, together with its partners, WFP aims to build a nutritional foundation for a world free of hunger. With more resources and greater political will,...

WFP Aviation Annual Review 2009

In 2009, WFP Aviation provided safe, efficient and reliable air transport services: using an average of 53 aircraft per month, WFP Aviation transported 323,713 passengers and 12,412 mt of humanitarian cargo in 44,200...

World Food Programme in China 1979-2003

A celebration of 30 years of cooperation : Originally established in 1979 as a means of providing relief through food assistance, the partnership between
the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the...

Hunger and Climate Change

There are more than one billion hungry people in the world – and climatic changes threaten to significantly increase the number of people at risk of hunger and undernutrition.

Climate Change and Hunger - Responding to the Challenge

Climate change is a defining challenge of our times. Its impact and implications will be global, far-reaching and largely irreversible. Climate change is already increasing the risk of exposure to hunger,...

Ready to help - Reaching the right people, in the right places, fast.

Preparedness is an investment against man-made and natural disasters. It means we use our resources wisely and efficiently, and our knowledge to reduce the risk of a bad situation becoming even worse.
When...

WFP Gender Policy brochure

Gender inequality is a major cause and effect of hunger and poverty: it is estimated that 60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry people are women and girls; 20 percent are children under 5. Achieving gender...

WFP in Africa - 2008 Facts, Figures and Partners

This brochure reviews WFP operations in the African continent in 2008. WFP is active in 40 countries in Africa, assisting more than 53 million people to survive food crises, rebuild their communities after disasters...

Vouchers and Cash Transfers as Food Assistance Instruments: Opportunities and Challenges

Food assistance refers to the set of instruments used to address the food needs of vulnerable people. The instruments generally include in-kind food, vouchers and cash transfers. While food transfers represent WFP’s...

Improving the Nutritional Quality of WFP's Food Basket

Part of WFP's 'Ten minutes to learn about...' series on nutrition