Speaking at the opening of the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome on 26 July, the World Food Programme (WFP)'s Executive Director, David Beasley, called for action to reach zero hunger.
While the world has the expertise and the resources to end hunger, efforts and attention are being directed somewhere else.
As the harsh Afghan winter looms closer, recent surveys conducted by the World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed that only five percent of families have enough to eat every day, while half reported they had run out of food altogether at least once in the past two weeks.
For the first time, urban residents are suffering from food insecurity at similar rates to rural communities, which have
The joint call was made today by the UN, NGOs, regional and national authorities, humanitarian and development partners during a briefing on the emergency in Southern Africa, held in Pretoria, South Africa, to highlight the severe impacts of El Niño and the climate-driven crisis.
The first time you meet Jenna Lusaka and start chatting about work, it doesn't take long to figure out one thing: for Jenna, logistics is more than just a job.
"Anyone can be a logistician but not everyone can do the job well. Being a good logistician comes from having a love of it.
While Uganda’s Karamoja region registered development gains recently, overall, since independence, there have been significant failures. WFP contracted Development Pathways to investigate the situation and generate ideas for innovative solutions.
Small, densely populated and lying at the heart of a region beset by conflict and political instability, Lebanon is experiencing a profound socioeconomic crisis on top of the protracted Syrian refugee crisis.
The World Food Programme (WFP) offers nationally-tailored technical assistance and capacity development to strengthen individual government capacities. We respond to capacity gaps identified through an assessment process that is led by the partner government, facilitated by ourselves, and supported by other partners.
Behind nine years of news reports on tragedies in Syria are families who've lost those closest to them, been forced to flee, and who've seen their homes and livelihoods destroyed.
Rania's family lived under siege for three years when Isis took control of Deir Ez-Zor. They did not have electricity during most of this time in a city where summer temperatures can exceed 50 °C.