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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...

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...

Democratic Republic of Congo: Annual Report 2011

A summary of the work of the World Food Programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2011.

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.

Rethinking School Feeding - Social Safety Nets, Child Development and the Education Sector (Executive Summary)

This joint publication of the World Food Programme and the World Bank Group provides a new analysis of school feeding programmes. It benefits from combining the World Food Programme...

Two Minutes to Learn About: School Meals

No child should attend school hungry. This is the goal WFP has set itself for 2015. The School Meals programme is a powerful social safety net for children. WFP is working with its...

Glossary

 The Glossary provides definitions of evaluation terms and their translations in three languages: English, French and Spanish. It is available online, where updates are made when necessary....

Global Food Security Update

The Global Food Security Update provides an overview of the food security trends in 57 countries in six regions and offers an outlook for the 3-6 months following its release. It is based...

Malawi - Special Focus

The purchasing power of Malawians has deteriorated sharply as a result of economic measures taken in 2012. Following the devaluation of the local currency (Kwacha), the average monthly inflation...

Niger - Special Focus

Despite a good 2012/2013 crop year, local prices in Niger have not recovered from the 2011/2012 Sahel food crisis. The price of millet, the main staple, is above last year’s crisis levels...