The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) is a strategic partnership between Oxfam America (OA) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). R4 was initiated in 2011 to respond to the challenges faced by food-insecure communities enduring increasingly frequent and intense climate disasters and other shocks. This report outlines the key accomplishments during the October to December 2014 quarter.
In 2014 WFP partnered with a local government to prevent and reduce anemia in children between the ages of two and five years. Seven months after the start of the programme, blood samples showed that iron deficiency in targeted children was halved in 61,000 children; from 25.5 percent to 11.2 percent.
The Rapid Food Security Assessment was implemented by Voluntas Advisory together with Diwan Market Research on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide up-to-date-information on critical food related needs of displaced population in Libya.
Four UN agencies (FAO,UNICEF,WHO, WFP) have teamed up regionally to analyse the impact of global hunger data for the battle against undernutrition in the Asia and Pacific region. The 2018 report shows that progress is stalling in the region that is home to the highest number of undernourished in the world.
The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) is a strategic partnership between Oxfam America (OA) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). R4 was initiated in 2011 to respond to the challenges faced by food-insecure communities enduring increasingly frequent and intense climate disasters and other shocks.
Based on data from buyers in 17 countries, this paper confirms that in the majority of P4P pilot countries, in addition to the local procurement of WFP, there are private and public markets for the quality crops produced by smallholder farmers. More research is recommended to fully understand buyers' quality and premium requirements and therefore the level of demand in each country.
This assessment, published jointly by WFP and the UK Met Office, outlines how climate risks impact household food security and livelihoods in Sudan. The aim of this assessment is to inform climate change adaptation policies and programs.
In Lao PDR, 44 percent of children under 5 years of age are stunted as a result of a poor diet, often lacking in essential micronutrients, fats and proteins as well as experiencing recurrent illness.