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The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) results for Sudan say 9.8 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure (IPC Phase 3 and above) across the country throughout the lean season from June through September. More than 20 percent of Sudan’s population is projected to be facing acute food insecurity starting this month, the highest figure reported in the histo

Aumsat, Fonio, Blue Marble, Etherisc, Emerging Cooking Solutions project, MegaGas, and Africa GreenTec are the seven start-ups that showcased their innovations, to potential funders, local and international partners.

WFP will use the funds to provide nutritional assistance to 4,200 refugee mothers and their children under two over the next four months.

“In a year when the world is already facing an unprecedented level of hunger, it’s just tragic to see hunger raising its head in what has long been the breadbasket of Europe,” said WFP Executive Director David Beasley during a visit to a staging hub set up by the organization on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

The MoU marks the fifth and final tranche of 50,000 mt of wheat that the Government of India committed as humanitarian food assistance for Afghanistan in 2020, and was signed in New Delhi between J. P.

SDC’s support complements the cash transfers that WFP is already delivering to the most vulnerable, food insecure urban Zimbabweans with activities which build their resilience to cope with various shocks and stressors, which can devastate their food security.

It covers the Joint Resilience programme in the Gedo, Lower Juba and Banadir regions in Southern Somalia. Under Phase III of the UN Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia, FAO has joined WFP and UNICEF by integrating food security and livelihoods programming into the nutrition and education interventions under Phase I and Phase II in Gedo Region.

The TOR notably presents the scope, objectives, key issues, stakeholders and users of the evaluation. It also describes the evaluation approach, team composition and organisation.

In Somalia, historic drought, compounded by insecurity is displacing thousands and sending hunger and malnutrition rates soaring. Famine is projected in Baidoa and Burkhaba districts before the end of the year if the situation continues to worsen and assistance doesn’t reach those who need it.