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“We are facing an unprecedented global food crisis and all signs suggest we have not yet seen the worst. For the last three years hunger numbers have repeatedly hit new peaks. Let me be clear: things can and will get worse unless there is a large scale and coordinated effort to address the root causes of this crisis.

I met Paola and baby Eunice last July in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala. They live in a small rural town which sits at the highest point of the municipality of Tejutla. At 8 months old, Eunice was diagnosed with acute malnutrition.  The news was devastating for Paola, but brigadistas — volunteers and staff of the Government’s health and nutrition brigades — are lu

Following the high-level conference in Paris on food security and nutrition situation in West Africa, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are calling for longer-term political and financial commitments to address the worst food security and nutrition crisis to strike the region in ten years. “The situation is spiralling ou

Conditions in Yemen have worsened this year, with 17.4 million people currently in need of food assistance. Between June and December 2022, the latest projections show that the number of people unable to meet their minimum nutrition needs will reach a record 19 million people.

This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the WFP Nepal Country Office and covers the End-line Evaluation of USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programme Fiscal Year 2017 [2017-2022].

“What sets Indigenous food systems apart is that food is not seen as a commodity. It is not something you can buy or sell.

“I am very pleased to have been able to see in person the positive impact the UN food and agricultural agencies are having here in Sri Lanka,” Ambassador McCain remarked at the conclusion of her visit.  “The projects we saw over the past few days showcase how the U.S.

Extreme weather and climate events heighten humanitarian needs in Madagascar and around the world warns World Food Programme just days ahead of report launch by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Bringing heavy rains, violent winds and storm surges, Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on the central-eastern coast of Madagascar on Saturday. Storms during the agricultural season (that runs from October-April) have the potential to wipe out harvest, send food prices soaring and increase food insecurity.

“There is only one way to describe what I saw: apocalyptic. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened; homes destroyed, schools and shops closed; lives torn apart.