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The IGNITE Food Systems Challenge is a first-of-its-kind initiative to support Rwandan start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and cooperatives to scale up their solutions, contributing to the economy while addressing different gaps in the food system.

“The Government of Japan hopes that this assistance will help the people of the Kyrgyz Republic to overcome the hardship and respond to the humanitarian situation caused by the clashes around the border between the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan,” said His Excellency Hideki Goda, Japanese Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic.

Despite efforts to make resources stretch through prioritisation schemes, meaning food assistance is prioritised for the most vulnerable families, the sheer number of refugees in need of support has grown, along with the gap between resourcing and needs.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts and the threat of famine looms. Since the start of the year, nine million more people have slipped into severe food insecurity across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, leaving 22 million people struggling to find enough food to eat

This is the second annual evaluation report produced under the 2022 WFP evaluation policy and framed against the strategic plan for 2022–2025. It has been restructured and shortened to two parts in line with feedback received from Executive Board members. Part 1 summarizes key insights from all centralized evaluations completed in 2023.

Additional information for journalists: Through a crisis committee established by the Government, WFP and humanitarian partners are coordinating assessments, planning and directing humanitarian relief to flood-affected people. WFP has already reached 2,230 people in Bangui and Begoua and 4,560 people in Nana-Mambere and Ouam Fafa prefectures with emergency food assistance through cash and

This annex to the WFP Management Plan sets out Evaluation’s proposed programme of work.   See also:  2023 Evaluation Work Programme 2022 Evaluation Work Programme 2021 Evaluation Work Programme 2020 Evaluation Work Programme 2019 Evaluation Work Programme 2018 Evaluation Work Programme 2017 Evaluation Work Programme 2016 Evaluation Work Programme

Back in 2011, I had a middle-of-the-night flash of inspiration. Multiple things came together at once – a lifelong love of photography, a young son increasingly passionate about the art, and a business where I was often commissioning food photography myself.  How would it be, I pondered at 2 a.m., if I and my team were to create a global awards for food photography.

While generous contributions from donors have enabled WFP to reach millions in need with lifesaving assistance, many vulnerable people living in crisis areas continue to suffer from the highest levels of food insecurity and cannot survive without sustained food assistance.

The monthly vouchers are valued at Rs.15,000 (US$ 40) and will enable more than 2,000 women to buy much-needed food, and are delivered alongside antenatal care provided by the Public Health Division of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). Food inflation in Colombo set a record high of 57.4 percent in May, and widespread shortages of fuel for cooking and transport means poor families are struggl