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“This wheat production project to the tune of USD 75 million financed by the African Development Bank became the heart of production in the critical moment in Sudan. It provided food security, yielding 645,000 metric tonnes of wheat this year, and also became a critical crisis response intervention to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Awad Adam and his wife Nafisa have been on the move ever since Sudan’s war broke out last April.

The academy is endorsed by Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety.    "I salute WFP for the launch of the WFP Road Safety Academy. I am looking forward for the first results of this inspiring initiative which can play a pivotal role in advancing the UN's mission for safer road practices and behaviours,” said Todt.

“Germany stands with the Afghan people, and we continue our engagement to help communities stand on their own feet,” said Katharina Spiess, BMZ’s Head of Division “Crisis management, Reconstruction and Transitional Development Assistance.

Aiming  to  fill  this  knowledge  gap,  considering  that  other  assessments  looked  at  topics  affecting  agriculture  such  as  desertification,  seawater  intrusion,  and  effects  from  the  armed  conflict,  however,  these  projects  did  n

The funds will also help WFP to provide special nutritious foods to treat and prevent moderately acute malnutrition among children under five, and pregnant and nursing women. “This contribution has come at the right time as it will cover the urgent needs of refugees in the first months of the year,” said WFP Representative and Country Director in Algeria Imed Khanfir.

“Namibia has abundant potential to secure its food and can build a concrete and sustainable food system, but it needs support from all stakeholders and actors within the food value chain says, George Fedha, WFP’s Country Director in Namibia.

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa - Logistics in Eastern Africa: Delivering amidst increased challenges.     Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)  

ROME – Inclusive access to digital technologies and education is crucial to reducing gender inequalities and empowering rural women and girls – that was the message from three United Nations’ food and agriculture agencies as they marked International Women’s Day 2023. Participants at the event, co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Internati