WFP established the “Berd cooperative” aggregating local farmers into a formal partnership to develop sustainable and nutrition-sensitive food value chains by strengthening farmers’ economic capacity to grow and preserve food, through the use of solar energy.
Climate change is a long-term threat to food security and nutrition. By 2050, the risk of hunger and malnutrition could rise by 20 percent if the global community fails to act now to mitigate and prevent the adverse effects of climate change. The majority of child deaths expected to occur as a result of climate change will be driven by undernutrition. Co-developed by the Nutrition and Climate Change Divisions, this brief provides an overview on the links between climate change and nutrition and why WFP should take action now to mitigate and prevent the adverse effects.
The climate crisis is one of the main drivers of global hunger. Anticipatory action is critical in saving lives and livelihoods, and helping communities adapt. This brochure outlines WFP’s work on forecast-based financing in East Africa.
WFP has been overcoming incredible challenges resultant from widespread poverty due to poor economic growth and climate shocks, which have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related restrictive measures, to meet the food security requirements of targeted populations. This factsheet outlines WFP’s key achievements in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Assessment of WFP India’s support to the Government of Uttar Pradesh to provide an operationally feasible and economically viable model on integrating fortified rice in the Mid Day Meals to create a positive impact on the micronutrient status and functional performance of school children for potential scale-up across the state.
Assessment of WFP India’s support to the Government of Kerala to provide fortified THR to young children through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) during a pilot project.
The baseline report benchmarks Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices among the cooks of India’s school meals programme in Varanasi and Dhenkenal on matters of Food safety, Hygiene, and their comfort with ICT.
Assessment of food security, nutrition and livelihoods among specific vulnerable population of Odisha such as daily wage earners, returnee migrant workers, small/marginal farmers after announcement of lockdown in response to Covid-19 in 2020.
The food basket cost is on the rise in the Syrian refugee camps in Türkiye (TRY 196 in June 2021). Despite the increase in transfer value from TRY 100 to TRY 120 in January 2021, beneficiaries struggle to meet their needs due to inflation.
The Bulletin examines satellite imagery and data from Government partners to assess the climate anomaly during May - July 2021 and how the prevailing conditions might impact on rice production in real-time and with near-term perspective. It also provides a rainfall forecast for the coming months.
The Turkish economy partially recovered after the pandemic by growing 7 percent in Q1 2021. But high inflation rates continue to put pressure on the MEB.
WFP has extensive experience integrating climate risk insurance solutions as an element of financial and social protection. This factsheet provides a summary of the evidence on how WFP-supported microinsurance programmes protect vulnerable populations from climatic shocks.
While Southern Africa contributes only 1 percent to global carbon emissions, their temperatures are rising at double the global rate and climate impacts such as cyclones and droughts are rampant. This factsheet brings to the fore climate change challenges in the region and how WFP is supporting the people in adapting to this unrelenting phenomenon.
To support data collection on malnutrition and food insecurity among PLHIV in Tunisia, WFP and the Tunisian government conducted a district-level assessment of food and nutrition security among PLHIV.
This publication provides a summary of a technical consultation on the double burden of malnutrition, discussing policy implications and double-duty actions to be taken.
A Situation Report is a concise operational document with latest updates on the World Food Programme's (WFP) response to an emergency. It gives an overview of WFP’s activities and informs the wider humanitarian community and other interested stakeholders about WFP’s response.