Stories

The World Food Programme is securing access to food so that people don't resort to damaging coping tools such as skipping meals

Training in poultry-farming from the World Food Programme is improving nutrition one egg at a time

On Better Food. Better World, Elizabeth Nyamayaro and guests explore the many challenges to our food systems and urge people to make a difference by listening to their stories.

A look at the phases ranging from having sufficient food right through to the most extreme form of hunger

A rural women's initiative, backed by the World Food Programme in partnership with its UN sister agencies IFAD, FAO and UN Women is empowering smallholder farmers

As hunger levels rise in South Sudan, WFP ensures that everyone has the right to assistance

Large mineral deposits are a historical source of tension between farming communities and miners, especially in the rural south. But a group of women have become ambassadors for peace.

In the regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara, 7 million face a hunger crisis while thousands have been displaced by conflict

How ancestral wisdom and humanitarian assistance complement a community's challenge of beating hunger

Author and broadcaster Elizabeth Nyamayaro is a special adviser to the World Food Programme and the host of its ‘Better Food, Better World’ podcast – below she issues a stark warning about what’s at stake if we don’t tackle inaction over climate change 

With over 1.3 million people eating less than one meal per day, hunger is on the rise in Haiti. WFP provides vital cash assistance to the most vulnerable, boosting local economies and empowering communities

How a simple hermetic item is reducing food losses and protecting the livelihoods of small farming communities in Mozambique

The World Food Programme lives and breathes food systems across its work in Eastern Africa

Reducing our own waste can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also helping to fight hunger

How farmers, schools and digital innovations come together with WFP and the Government to strengthen food systems

WFP response addresses immediate needs while also looking to longer-term development

Warehouse roles mean families can put food on the table  

High in protein, vitamins, and minerals, mackerel are being supplied to 270,000 pupils in the most food-insecure regions

New coalition to scale up programmes across the world

World Food Programme chief closes the UN Food Systems pre-summit in Rome with a call for funds to save millions of people on the brink

WFP Executive Director sounds alarm at UN Food Systems Pre-Summit

World Food Programme at hand as political crisis and violence exacerbate food insecurity brought on by poverty and the coronavirus pandemic

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 points to rising hunger worldwide

Picking up the pieces is sadly routine for people such as Roda whose teashop was destroyed by fighting — the World Food Programme is at hand but requires urgent funds to assist

In the northern region of Tigray, Aster and her husband rely on World Food Programme support to survive — with the risk of famine imminent for some 350,000 people, WFP is calling for funds to assist 2.1 million