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An agreement was signed by Dr. Muthu Kumar, Director, Agriculture, and Food Production, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, and Mr. Bishow Parajuli, Representative and Country Director, WFP in India at a virtual ceremony today. In a participatory pilot initiative, climate advisories will be tailored to enable smallholder farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change.

The report analyses data from the first phase of the Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 in Cambodia which is carried out in partnership with UNICEF and ADB. It analyses the changing food, employment, economic, and social situation of households in the context of the global pandemic.

Extending school meals support beyond Falcón to the states of Barinas, Trujillo and Yaracuy, WFP will gradually increase the monthly food rations it distributes in 1,000 pre-primary and special education schools. The programme targets school children under the age of six in areas identified by WFP as most affected by food insecurity.

.     Who has inspired you most in your life?  My mother was really an inspiring woman for my sisters and myself. As a customs inspector, she was so invested in her professional life that she might not have spent enough time with us. However, we recognized that she did this so that we would receive what was needed the most, which was education and a comfortable life.

The escalation of conflict across northern Ethiopia means that no WFP convoy has reached Mekelle since mid-December.

2021 was an unprecedented year of climate disasters, but also of action against climate change.

The £1 million contribution through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will allow WFP to preposition assistance for potential new arrivals from Afghanistan with ready-to eat meals and other rations.

Sunbeams trickle through little holes on the straw wall of his small hut in Jhapa in eastern Nepal. A blue fishing net hangs from the low ceiling of the kitchen. A makeshift wood stove issues smoke. For 17-year-old Narendra Kisku, ‘Naren’ for short, this is home. He blows to light up the fire to cook. Then he coughs, takes another breath and blows again.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is among humanitarian agencies responding to the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines in 2021. In December, Typhoon Rai made landfall nine times over an area the size of Austria in two days, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Some 8 million people were affected, according to the latest government data.

It was conducted between July 2020 and October 2021 to assess WFP’s strategic positioning and role and the extent to which WFP has made the strategic shift expected by the CSP; WFP’s contributions to strategic outcomes; efficiency and factors that explain WFP performance. The evaluation concluded that: WFP was well aligned with national and policies and UN plans.