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The worsening climate crisis drives the Global Food Crisis, affecting 56.8 million people as of 2022. There is a significant disparity between the needed scale of greenhouse gas mitigation, societal adaptation capabilities, and the increasing losses from climate-related disasters. This divide, commonly termed the 'protection gap,' poses significant challenges for humanitarian organizations.

Food insecurity now affects 9.3 million people in the countries where WFP has a presence in the region, according to recent surveys conducted by the organization. In a worst-case scenario, where the conflict in Ukraine continues unabated, the figure could rise to 13.3 million. “Millions of people could be pushed into poverty and hunger if the conflict in Ukraine continues.

“The work of the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies is essential to address food insecurity in Lao PDR,” said Ambassador McCain. “Together with the Lao Government, the three agencies work to reduce hunger, improve learning and nutrition outcomes for primary school students, strengthen livelihoods of small-holder farmers, and bolster resilience of the country’s food systems.

In decades past on the plains of Adadle district, in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, grass used to grow so tall that lions could hide in it, people say. Not anymore.  Over the past four months, community hubs in the district have been deserted; more than 80 households have left their homes in search of water. That is what Hana has done and it’s not her first such migration.

WFP Pakistan Gender Brief which highlights some of the work WFP did in 2021 towards women’s empowerment and gender equality in Pakistan.

“Eating wholegrain maize makes our bodies strong and healthy,” says 15-year-old Julienne, a student at Kibirizi primary school in Nyamagabe district in southern Rwanda. Julienne is one of more than 13,500 schoolchildren benefitting from the addition of fortified wholegrain maize in their daily school meals - children who live in the most food insecure regions of the country. Maize is a s

US$ 10 million will be allocated for life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Afghanistan, where food insecurity has rapidly deteriorated, driven by the triple-impact of the economic crisis, conflict, and drought. In Myanmar, Japan will provide US$ 4.6 million for emergency food and nutrition assistance to the most vulnerable populations in Rakhine, Kachin, Shan, Chin as well as peri-urban

“When I get a contract from WFP, I provide smallholder farmers with the seeds on credit,” says Ederbry Mweendo.

Although it is difficult for women in rural areas in Armenia to start and run their own businesses, a 62-year-old woman in a small village sets an example for many women looking for new horizons, thanks to World Food Programme support in renovating her bakery. Greta Barseghyan, an owner of a bakery in Tavush region of Armenia, established her business around 15 years ago in a small village

About 70 percent of Namibia’s population depends on agriculture for income and livelihood. The virtual marketplace has so far connected over 100 smallholder farmers to local markets and will benefit several actors across the food value chain – from farmers to consumers.