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Stressing that food is a basic human right, in his opening remarks, QU Dongyu the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), described this year’s World Food Day theme “Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future” as a timely reminder that all people have the right to adequate foods.

The situation in Sudan is dire.

This report offers a comprehensive insight into UNHCR and WFP joint cash assistance programme for basic needs for Syrian refugees in Lebanon in 2023.

Namibia, a desert nation, has significantly reduced food imports, especially for staple grains such as maize, pearl millet, and wheat. Collaborative efforts between farmers, agro processors and industry marketing agreements that have boosted crop production, market access, and overall sustainability.

The project, backed with a contribution of €20 million by the EU through the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, will see WFP provide immediate assistance to reduce food insecurity and malnutrition while supporting the entire value chain for nutritious foods. The combined effects of conflict and climate change, compounded by the socio-economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, are

“The past two years have been particularly difficult for the people living in border communities of Armenia.

The principle that social protection systems have an important role to play in disaster response has become well established over the last decade, and even more so since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sudan is sliding into catastrophe, with famine conditions recorded in the Zamzam camp for displaced people near the conflict-riven town of El Fasher in North Darfur.

There are 734 million people going hungry around the world, 122 million more than in 2019, according to newly released UN figures for 2022. Launched last week by agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme (WFP), ‘The State of Food and Nutrition in the World 2023’ (SOFI) report estimates 29.6 percent of the world’s population, around 2.4 billion people,

The funds will allow WFP to provide food assistance for 41,000 people living in camps in northern Iraq, who have little to no sources of income and rely on WFP’s monthly assistance for their food needs. A recent WFP survey at the Al Ja’ada camp for refugees and internally displaced people – known as Al Jada’a 1 –  found that 60 percent of the center's residents have to resort to coping str