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Broadcast quality footage for this story available via this link   “High food prices are hunger’s new best friend. We already have conflict, climate and COVID-19 working together to push more people into hunger and misery. Now food prices have joined the deadly trio,” said WFP Chief Economist Arif Husain.

It is the first passenger flight into the region since commercial flights were halted on 24 June and carried more than 30 employees from multiple humanitarian organisations working to deliver urgently needed assistance to conflict-affected communities across Tigray. “WFP and our fellow emergency responders on the ground in Mekelle are all enormously relieved to see this UNHAS flight arrive toda

Bureaucratic obstacles as well as a lack of funding also hamper the two UN agencies’ efforts to provide emergency food assistance and enable farmers to plant at scale and at the right time.   This is of grave concern as conflict, the economic repercussions of COVID-19 and the climate crisis are expected to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots over the next

ROME – Ambassador Hisham Mohamed Badr, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, becomes the President of the World Food Programme’s Executive Board at a critical time, with hunger rising around the globe at an alarming rate.

 Story by Chase Sova, acting Head of Public Policy for WFP-USA.Entering 2020, the number of hungry and malnourished people around the world was already on the rise due to an increase in violent conflict and climate change impacts. Today, over 800 million people face chronic undernourishment and over 100 million people are in need of lifesaving food assistance.

A former member of the US Navy, Lucas Alamprese became a nutritionist as he wanted to do something that would make a difference in people's lives.

Ekta was a promising and committed young professional who was committed to using her skills to ensure food reached some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Research shows that if global temperatures keep rising to hit the 2° C mark, an additional 189 million people could become food insecure. In a 4°C warmer world, this number could increase by as many as 1.8 billion people.

Excerpts from David Beasley’s remarks at the High-Level Ministerial Event on Humanitarian Situation in Yemen – New York, 22 Sept 2021 “There’s good news and bad news actually.

Excerpts from David Beasley’s remarks at the Food Systems Summit in New York, 23 Sept 2021 “Now is the time to roll up our sleeves because, you know, children can’t eat empty promises. It’s up to us to deliver and make food security and nutrition a reality.” “If we’re struggling today to reach the 7.7 billion people, imagine having 10, 11, 12 billion people on earth.