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As the conflict intensifies, civilians, including vulnerable children and families, face mounting challenges in accessing essential food supplies, with food distribution networks disrupted and food production severely hampered by hostilities. WFP urges safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to affected areas, calling on all parties to uphold the principles of humanitarian law, taking every nece

DHAKA – The World Food Programme is working together with the Government of Bangladesh to assist more than 275,000 people affected by flooding in the north-west of the country, activating for the first time an innovative forecast-based financing project.

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Children's Fund and partners, today released the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for 133 districts in Yemen (http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/ipc-alerts/issue-24/en/).

Germán Choque stands in the middle of a vast, salty expanse that used to be a lake.

In Bhutan, WFP partners with the Ministries of Health (MoH), Education (MoE), and Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) to create an enabling environment for healthier school nutrition and the improved nutritional status of Bhutanese school children.

“WFP is very pleased to be working with the Government and partners to help affected families recover. We tried our best to complete this project before the winter season arrives, and we managed to do just that.

WFP Executive Director, Cindy McCain issued an urgent plea from the Rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels.

Southern Honduras looks shockingly similar to the Niger, Chad or countries in the arid Sahel region of West Africa. Years of drought have left this once productive area scorched and barren.  Then last fall, hurricanes Eta and Iota ripped through Central America. The baked earth, hardened like a ceramic plate, couldn’t absorb the torrential rains.

The evaluation combined a global consultation and document review with case studies in Côte d’Ivoire, Kazakhstan, the United Republic of Tanzania and Viet Nam. The evaluation found that the Joint Programme has made important contributions to improving allocative and technical efficiency of the AIDS response, which should continue to be a priority for the Joint Programme. The evaluation recom

WFP works in over 80 countries repairing, sustaining and improving food systems for the world’s most vulnerable. WFP’s programmes support food production, protect livelihoods of smallholder farmers, help strengthen food supply chains, develop markets and improve the nutrition of schoolchildren.