Spearheaded by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, the project will provide gender-sensitive climate adaptation practices and provide women and youth access to productive assets, such as improved agricultural inputs and equipment.
Overcoming several challenges posed by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate shocks, WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to 176,435 food insecure people in the Republic of Congo in 2021. This factsheet outlines WFP’s key achievements in providing lifesaving assistance to food insecure people in the Republic of Congo in 2021.
“This assistance was made possible thanks to a targeted contribution by the Russian Federation to the WFP in the amount of US$ 2 million. Nutritious school meals are essential for children’s health, development and academic success.
24 May marks the second anniversary of the UN Security Council adopting unanimously Resolution 2417, acknowledging the link between conflict and hunger and condemning the use of starvation as a weapon of war.
Adaptation means to support vulnerable people and ecosystems to become more resilient to the cascading effects of climate change coinciding with multiple vulnerabilities.
As the Rohingya refugee crisis unfolded on our TV screens and social media feeds, none of us could quite imagine the sheer horrors witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people who continued to risk their lives, crossing the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh during every minute of every night and day.
CRIALCES is an innovative approach to improving nutrition by strengthening national food systems in volatile settings. This factsheet explains how the project improved the nutritional status of women and children in the targeted areas, while reversing negative economic and employment trends.
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“High food prices are hunger’s new best friend. We already have conflict, climate and COVID-19 working together to push more people into hunger and misery. Now food prices have joined the deadly trio,” said WFP Chief Economist Arif Husain.
In early 2021, WFP conducted a study in three districts of Uttar Pradesh to explore community practices, knowledge and perception around intra-household food distribution and consumption, food insecurity within households and the impact of COVID-19 on household food availability and access.