Learn about how WFP provides school meals, snacks & take-home incentives, as well as technical assistance to governments for national school feeding programmes.
It was intended for both accountability and learning and focuses on assessing: i) the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, complementarity and coherence of the Community Based Supplementary Feeding Program (PRRO 200249) and Maternal Child Health Nutrition (CP 108070); ii) their results; and iii) the factors explaining the results.
The evaluation, which makes a number of recommendations for the
https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000117724/download/The latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published today, estimates that almost 690 million people went hungry in 2019 – up by 10 million from 2018, and by nearly 60 million in five years. High costs and low affordability also mean billions cannot eat healthily or nutritiously.
Despite producing most of the world’s food, smallholder farmers tend to be food insecure themselves: globally, they form the majority of people living in poverty. Helping raise their incomes and improve their livelihoods holds the key to building sustainable food systems, advancing food security and achieving Zero Hunger.
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.
Climate change is a long-term threat to food security and nutrition. By 2050, the risk of hunger and malnutrition could rise by 20 percent if the global community fails to act now to mitigate and prevent the adverse effects of climate change. The majority of child deaths expected to occur as a result of climate change will be driven by undernutrition.