The latest Canadian contribution comes at a time when Zimbabwe is facing a late harvest, deepening economic uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 7.7 million people – half the population –are severely food insecure.
A member of Muñecas Arcoiris (‘Rainbow Dolls Collective’), Abigail is a community leader and human rights advocate for the LGBT+ community in Honduras.
After thorough consultations, food security and nutrition experts from 15 organizations have released a third version of the IPC Technical Manual. In addition to the IPC's Acute Food Insecurity scale, it incorporates two new scales, measuring chronic food insecurity and acute malnutrition.
Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die if they do not receive urgent treatment.
The Social Protection Pathways to Nutrition study is a partnership between the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The overarching goal of the Social Protection Pathways to Nutrition study is to review the evidence and propose an analytical and operational framework that links social protection to bette
The Emergency Dashboard provides a visual overview of the most relevant operational information related to WFP’s response in the emergency, including geographical, funding, and performance related information.
The Emergency Dashboard provides a visual overview of the most relevant operational information related to WFP’s response in the emergency, including geographical, funding, and performance related information.
Additional reporting by Morelia Eróstegui Navia
If the birds living on the shores of Lake Titicaca place their nests high up from the water, it means the level of the lake will rise and flooding is likely. The right time to sow crops is when the totora flowers are in bloom. And the calls of the Andean fox determines whether it will be best to sow in the lowlands or on higher ground.
A new independent survey was commissioned by WFP to the consulting firm Alsah-L in December 2018 with a view to provide statistical evidence and measure the socio- economic benefits of WFP’s cash-based transfers interventions in Palestine.