Iodine deficiencies have been detected in Sri Lanka since the 1940s, and remain a problem today. This study examined the iodine in children and discusses simple methods of addressing this.
WFP in 2014 summarizes the performance and key achievements of the organization. The report is viewable as an interactive online product and may also be downloaded as a PDF file.
WFP's supply chain manages the entire process of end-to-end planning, procuring and delivering food assistance. This factsheet provides the facts and figures relating to WFP’s supply chain operations in 2017.
As conflict and climate disasters continue to ravage communities, reaching Zero Hunger becomes more difficult. Rising to these challenges, the European Union and Member States were WFP’s largest donor in 2017.
WFP and Oxfam America’s R4 Rural Resilience Initiative is a comprehensive risk management approach that helps vulnerable rural households increase their food and income security in the face of increasing climate risks.
In some contexts where WFP works, food and services are available locally but people lack the financial resources to purchase them. A cash-based transfer is money given to vulnerable people who can use it to buy what they most need in their local markets.
This food security monitoring report presents the overall food security situation in Bangladesh; focusing on crop production, food prices trends and household food access. It also analyzes environmental conditions and macro-economic indicators.
This food security monitoring report presents the overall food security situation in Bangladesh; focusing on crop production, food prices trends and household food access. It also analyzes environmental conditions and macro-economic indicators.
The World Food Programme’s mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) project collects food security data through short mobile phone surveys, using SMS, live telephone interviews and an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system.
This food security monitoring report presents the overall food security situation in Bangladesh; focusing on crop production, food prices trends and household food access. It also analyzes environmental conditions and macro-economic indicators.