BURUNDI: Smart phones power food surveys
BIHOGO, 1 October 2010 (IRIN) – Smart phones are being introduced to help assess food needs in Burundi and other African states, speeding up data-collection and improving accuracy. Whereas World [...]
View ArticleMozambique: UN Agency Begins Food Distribution to Flood Victims
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing rations in Mozambique, where an estimated 70,000 people are in urgent need of assistance after the country was pounded by [...]
View ArticleAID POLICY: Does private money buy independence?
DAKAR, 12 April 2012 (IRIN) – Private donors are growing steadily more important to global aid, contributing one-quarter of the estimated US$73.9 billion spent on emergency assistance from 2006 to [...]
View ArticleWFP food vouchers helping hungry families and local markets in Somalia
Thousands of people in Somaliland are getting more fresh meat in their diet as a result of an innovative UN World Food Programme initiative that provides parents with vouchers to [...]
View ArticleBanque du Caire and WFP continue to support child education in Luxor
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed, for the second year running, a partnership agreement with Banque Du Caire to provide nutritious snacks to nursery children in Luxor, Upper [...]
View ArticleWFP And Canada Launch Cash Transfers Pilot For School Meals Programmes In Kenya
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in conjunction with the Government of Kenya and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), today officially launched a cash...
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Government, UN food agencies warn of deteriorating food security in Southern...
Nearly 1.9 million people – 46 percent of the population from eight regions of Madagascar – are now food insecure with 450,000 of them facing severe food insecurity, according to the Crop and Security...
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Growing concern about El Nino’s impact on Southern Africa as planting window...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is increasingly concerned about food security in southern Africa where an estimated 14 million people are facing hunger following prolonged dry spells that...
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School meals are a critical safety net and vital investment in people’s...
The heads of the African Union (AU) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today hailed the inaugural Africa Day of School Feeding, marking AU recognition of school meals as the world’s most...
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African Union Commission pledges continued partnership with WFP
Speaking at the 2017 opening session of the Annual WFP Executive Board meeting, AUC Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E Josefa Sacko, representing the AUC Chairperson, H.E. Mr. Moussa...
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WFP celebrates 50 years in Egypt with launch of Knowledge-Sharing Partnership...
The agreement allows for WFP and the Government to share and expand its expertise on interventions in areas such as water management, nutrition, diversification of livelihoods and increased...
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Malawi: Smallholder Agriculture Market Support (SAMS)
Through Smallholder Agriculture Market Support (SAMS), WFP addresses the constraints faced by smallholder farmers (SHF) WFP works with the government of Malawi, private sector, and development partners...
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