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Social protection systems are vital for supporting vulnerable populations but often overlook their nutritional needs, missing opportunities to advance SDG 2 amid rising hunger since 2015. Amid such challenges, the Mind the Gap report explores the role of social protection systems in addressing affordability gaps of nutritious diets, structured around the FNG analytical approach. 

2022 was a year of extremes when it came to weather shocks. Record-breaking temperatures, floods, droughts and storms devastated many regions of the world. With the climate crisis accelerating, it is imperative that – in parallel to saving lives – we strengthen the resilience of communities and enable governments to build better risk management systems.

WFP’s operations are severely hampered by intensifying conflict, the limited number of border crossings and damaged roads. In the last two months, amid continuing catastrophic hunger, WFP has had to reduce the contents of food parcels in Gaza as inflows of aid dipped and supplies dwindled.

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.

“The impact of this conflict spans three countries – Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad - and has created the world’s largest displacement crisis. Almost a year into the war and we’re seeing no signs that the number of families fleeing across borders will slow.

This brief discusses the use of a web-based climate risk monitoring system called PRISM (Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring) to enhance social protection systems in the context of climate change and natural hazards.

In Bhutan, WFP partners with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) to create an enabling environment for healthier school nutrition and improved nutritional status of Bhutanese schoolchildren.

A list of global media contacts for journalists who would like to speak to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) about a particular news release or current issue.

 More than 50 trucks carrying an estimated 4,800 metric tons of World Food Programme (WFP) food and nutrition assistance – enough for around 500,000 people – are stuck in various locations across Sudan, unable to move towards their final destinations due to flooded and impassable roads.The rainy season is exacerbating the already devastating situation in Sudan, as floods force more people fro