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Although Colombia is classified as an upper-middle income country, it ranks second in Latin America and the Caribbean and seventh in the world in terms of income inequality. Food security improved between 2022 and 2023. However, one out of four Colombians are food insecure. 

“It’s a hotspot – a WiFi network on steroids,” says Patrick McKay of ‘R2C2’, the rapid response connectivity carrier he is flying in the car park of World Food Programme HQ in Rome, Italy. A keen paraglider, the South African is a drones data operations manager for the organization – in this US$80,000 piece of kit he’s found the perfect meeting point for his love of aviation, background in

Sudan has been hit by heavy rains and floods since August that are disrupting the planting season and will affect output. Nearly 5,000 hectares of land have already been damaged or destroyed. Meanwhile, insecurity continues to restrict people’s access to farmlands in the Darfurs. We had the opportunity to visit people in the IDP camps in Darfur recently.

While severe food insecurity in the region remained largely unchanged, when compared to February 2022, there has been a significant increase in households that have fallen into moderate levels of food insecurity. Overall, the number of food insecure people has increased by 1.3 million over the past six months.

The evaluation covered all activities, interventions, and processes under the Strategy from 2020-2022.

Part of this contribution will go to the IGNITE Food Systems Challenge, a project focused on supporting South Sudanese entrepreneurs and their businesses that will issue a call for applications on 19 November with support from the United Nations Development Programme.

The evaluation assessed the relevance, effectiveness, coherence and sustainability of the Policy and its implementation from 2015 to 2020.

WFP is stepping up its ongoing vital support to desperately food-insecure Haitians in the area and working with the Government of Haiti and partners to extend support to those newly in need.  The contribution from the Republic of Korea will prioritize support to vulnerable women who survived the earthquake in some of the most damaged areas, including in mountainous communities with limited