Better Nutrition

WFP works hard to improve the nutritional content of the food we deliver, often working with private-sector partners to create tailored products. The latest addition to our nutritional toolbox is Wawamum, a vitamin-rich chickpea paste produced in Pakistan to combat child malnutrition. Find out more

Wider Range of Tools

WFP is expanding its food assistance toolbox with new options for feeding the hungry. In 2011 WFP is ramping up the number of programmes that  give hungry people cash or  e-vouchers with which they can buy the food they need themselves, thus supporting local food production. Find out more

Empowering Small Farmers

Food security in poor countries often depends on empowering small farmers. WFP’s innovative P4P initiative is a 5-year pilot programme that helps small farmers in 21 countries around the world gain the knowhow and tools they need to become independent players on food markets. Find out more

Engaging Private-Sector

Through innovative partnerships in the areas such as nutrition, logistics and telecoms, companies are helping to make us better at what we do.  Project Laser Beam, for example, focuses the energy of Unilever, DSM and Kraft on fighting child malnutrition in Indonesia and Bangladesh. Find out more

Embracing Social Media

WFP has already fed more than 230,000 hungry kids as a result of a social media platform called WeFeedback, which revolves around the new ‘WeFeedback Calculator’. This online tool calculates how many hungry children could be fed for the price of your favourite snack. Start Feeding Back!

Electronic Tracking System

Thanks to a new system of e-waybills, which replace the traditional paper documents, WFP can now track the movement of food aid commodities in real time. Via a special portal, staff always have the latest information about aid shipments, and critical data time-lags are eliminated. Find out more

Managing Drought Risk

Funds available at the start of a drought can be more useful than funds that come after a harvest has failed. WFP is working with the African Union on a mechanism that uses sophisticated software and satellite weather data to monitor drought risk and ensure funds are released in good time. Find out more

Advance Purchasing

With our new Advance Financing mechanism, WFP can begin purchasing and delivering food aid before receiving donor contributions. Having this ability can cut delivery times by up to three months and brings more predictability to operations, as well as the crucial ability to scale up quickly.

State-of-the-Art Mapping

Building on WFP’s extensive experience making maps of hunger hotspots,  we are now able to use up-to-the-minute satellite images to map flooding and earthquake damage down to the square metre. This means the entire humanitarian community can respond more quickly and effectively. Find out more

Greater Transparency

In 2008 WFP became the first UN agency to adopt the new International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). With IPSAS-compliant financial statements, we are a more transparent organization with more precise data on every aspect of our global operations. Find out more