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Key Publications
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
Child Vulnerability and AIDS: Case Studies from Southern Africa
Among the many devastating consequences of the AIDS epidemic in sub- Saharan Africa, the rapidly growing orphan population demands particular attention. Today, over 15 million children in the region have been...
