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Rome—The UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the COP28 and COP29 presidencies have today called for an urgent scaling up of climate action and financing for adapted and resilient agrifood systems in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
The call was made during a high-level Rome meeting in
Our Emergencies and Transitions Team ensures that WFP country offices have a framework designed to plan effective and efficient interventions in emergency situations.
The commitment to provide safe and quality food to affected populations is not only driven by the immediate need to address hunger and malnutrition but also by the responsibility to ensure that donors’ contributions are effectively used to purchase good, nutritious food.
It covered the period 2015-2022.
The evaluation concluded that:
While a resilience policy is relevant to WFP’s mandate, it no longe fulfils its role in positioning WFP in the resilience landscape and should be updated for greater conceptual clarity.
Ten years ago, on 8 November 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda (known internationally as Typhoon Haiyan) hit the Philippines. One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, it devastated much of the country and especially the eastern landmass of Leyte.
Contributing to SDG 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of women, and working with communities, partners and Governments, WFP adopted a gender transformative approach in its programming. These included intentionally targeted women to strengthen their resilience, nutrition and food security.
Working every day in 80 countries to bring food assistance to millions of children, women and men, the World Food Programme (WFP) must ensure that the food it delivers is safe, nutritious and of good quality.