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With support from the Adaptation Fund’s US$14 million contribution, the project will focus on districts in both countries where adverse weather affects farmers' crops and livelihoods.

During his visit, Skau visited a model central kitchen facility, a school piloting the national free nutritious meal programme and met representatives from the National Nutrition Agency.  Skau pledged WFP’s support for the country’s soon-to-be launched free nutritious meals programme, emphasizing shared goals of food security, resilience, and nutrition.  "The World Fo

The evaluation, conducted by Information, Training and Development (ITAD), highlights that 95 percent of participating households reported increased crop production thanks to climate-smart agriculture with 75 percent of households harvesting over 200 kg of maize in 2020 compared to 43 percent in 2019.

“It is clear that WFP programmes save lives in Afghanistan every day. Widows at food distribution sites told me how critical WFP’s assistance is for them and their children, and farmers showed me how community assets they built with WFP’s support protect their fields from devastating floods and drought,” said Carl Skau.

Financially supported by DSM-FIRMENICH - a Swiss-Dutch company specialized in nutrition - the rice fortification initiative targets an initial 236 primary schools supported by WFP in Senegal including 101 schools in the Department of Matam.

This report presents the findings from the endline evaluation of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement (LRP) programme for World Food Programme (WFP) School Feeding activities in Cambodia, covering the period 01 November 2019 to 30 September 2023 (with a no-cost extension agreed through September 2024).

The dual-rotor helicopter touching down on Fada N’gourma’s dusty airstrip is a game changer for the hungry communities here in eastern Burkina Faso.

As a result of the combined impact of violence, insecurity, population displacement, limited access to food, health and water and sanitation services, the rise in food prices, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic socio-economic impacts, 27 localities[1] across 14 health districts of the country are currently showing alarming levels of severe acute malnutrition among children under five[2].

 Read new IPC report on Sudan hereVIEW LATEST NEWS RELEASES | Last updates 27 June, 20 JuneClashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) around Singa in Sennar state mark an alarming spread of the conflict east towards Port Sudan.

WFP immediately launched a comprehensive investigation upon learning of the food diversion reports and has taken swift action to establish all the facts and further strengthen our controls. WFP has paused food distributions in Tigray, which will not resume until WFP can ensure that vital aid will reach its intended recipients. WFP is working closely with the regional authorities to identify