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A WFP project is multiplying harvests and offering one answer to weather's whims

WFP warns famine could be a reality by November

WFP steps up support but needs increased funding and access.

WFP is responding to soaring humanitarian needs and building more durable futures

Two years on from the Pretoria Agreement “Peace deal,” families are returning to their homes in parts of Northern Ethiopia and rebuilding their livelihoods with support from WFP.

Intensifying military operations are displacing hundreds of thousands and driving up hunger

Wilfred Nkwambi, WFP's North Kivu area head in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, explains how effective communication is key to delivering assistance and building trust

Despite WFP and other assistance, hunger and fear are rife among those displaced

Unless fighting stops, Gazans face a winter of extreme hunger

Learn how WFP works with communities worldwide to revive old superfood traditions and introduce new ones

Sourcing ingredients locally supports both markets and children

A guide to the facts, figures and frontline work of the World Food Programme

As conflict hopscotches from Gaza to Lebanon, WFP’s Lebanon Country Director describes the grim fallout and growing humanitarian needs

One million risk losing vital support if assistance flows do not resume

In the capital Khartoum, WFP's Jon Dumont finds a war-shattered, hungry city

WFP scales up to reach nearly a million people across the region

World Food Programme leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Palestine and Sudan – three of our biggest emergencies – call for the guns to fall silent

WFP looks at the fallout of unrest and the loss of school meals in countries where we operate

World Food Programme urgently needs funds to expand irrigation projects as communities across Southern Africa reel from El Niño

Agriculture is gaining ground even in the driest parts of the traditionally pastoral East African country

Progress welcome but not enough, World Food Programme warns, as region feels knock-on effects of crisis

World Food Programme’s Multi-Country Office in Barbados works with governments and partners to assist people affected by extreme weather

WFP staff on the challenges of working in the most testing circumstances

Food trucks stuck as waterborne diseases pose threat to malnourished children and women

World Food Programme can reach millions with assistance – if funding and a ceasefire arrive