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“It is vital and urgent that we provide food assistance to the growing number of vulnerable people in the region, as well as those who depend on informal work,” said Miguel Barreto, WFP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

These policies will unleash funds to assist vulnerable communities threatened by drought before it reaches catastrophic levels. Collectively, the purchased policies could release a total of US$ 49.5 million across the five countries.

The high levels of hunger are being driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, the economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, the report said.

Rome – Three United Nations agencies today launched a new European Union-supported global initiative to address the root causes of rural gender inequalities and thus strengthen efforts to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. The EU will allocate 5 million euros to finance the four–year programme of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Orga

As Heads of Government and Heads of State from around the world descend on New York for the UN General Assembly's High-Level Week, the World Food Programme (WFP) will be using the week to grow support for Zero Hunger, the ambitious target set by world leaders to end hunger by 2030. Here are some of the key sessions and themes we'll be working on as part of our mission. 1.

When he joined the World Food Programme (WFP) as an IT officer the second incarnation of the iPod was out and the must-have mobile handset was the Nokia 6610.

Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica said, “Food insecurity remains a global challenge. That’s why, from 2014 to 2020, the EU will have provided nearly €9 billion for initiatives on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture in over 60 countries.

Retail news headlines in 2019 are dominated by topics such as omni-channel, the cost-conscious consumer, the eco-friendly consumer, the use of blockchain technology, or even who Amazon will be acquiring next. Rarely written about are the small stores that line the markets of refugee settlements.

This week marks one year since the start of the Rohingya refugee emergency. Pedro Matos, a Programme Officer for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh, explains how his team harnesses technology even in difficult environments like Cox's Bazar — home today to nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees.

Yemen, the world's worst humanitarian crisis 2018 will be remembered as the year in which hunger spiked in Yemen.