WFP Cambodia operates the remote price and market monitoring system in cooperation with the Agricultural Marketing Office (AMO) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
Green shoots of promise are pushing up from the conflict-scarred earth of Darfur, in western Sudan. Literally.
Primary schools are growing potatoes. tomatoes and spinach on government-allocated land.
A tattered football sails off the field at Shree Kakani Ganesh Primary School, in the central Nepalese village of Kakani. The game pauses, as 12-year-old team captain Ravi stops and strains his ears.
Overarching evaluation questions are: (i) To what extent is the SO2 programme relevant to the needs of targeted smallholder producers and food-insecure, vulnerable populations? (ii) How coherent is the SO2 programme with relevant Government of Kenya policies and programmes, interventions of the United Nations in Kenya and other external partners?
‘’We thank the Government of India and its people for this timely contribution,’’ WFP Afghanistan Country Director Mary-Ellen Mcgroarty said, ‘’There are mothers and families who do not have enough food to eat, they are facing severe hunger and every donation of food assistance will go a long way.
The current situation results from a combination of factors including years of drought which have led to significant drops in food production and grazing land losses, and the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic, interruption in international supply chains, and the war in Ukraine have severely disrupted food, fuel, and fertilizer markets, which are interlinked.
The World Food Programme (WFP) uses cash transfers to empower people with choice to address their essential needs in local markets, while also helping to boost these markets. In 2019, WFP transferred a record-high US$2.1 billion of purchasing power to people in 64 countries. This represented 38 percent of WFP’s total assistance portfolio for the year.