Somali Insurgents Order Halt to Imported Food Aid
Global Security (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Islamist insurgents in Somalia have told the United Nations' World Food Program to stop importing food aid into the country.
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The Shame Of Growing Hunger
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
According to the United Nations, more than 1 billion people — one of every six persons on this planet — go hungry each day. (..) According to the World Food Program (WFP), 1.02 billion people are undernourished, a number equal to the combined populations of the United States, Canada and Europe. Nearly all of them — 907 million — live in the developing world.
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$8.8 billion the magic malnutrition number?
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
It would take US$8.8 billion annually over several years to halve the number of malnourished children worldwide, currently at some 178 million, says Save the Children in a new eight-point action plan. (..) The World Food Programme launched a nutrition strategy last month and the World Bank is channeling more money to nutrition, recently hiring seven nutrition advisers, according to Rees.
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World Bank To Start Agriculture Fund
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion (..) Climate change and the other factors that caused the run-up in food prices last year remain risks, said Josette Sheeran, head of the UN's World Food Program. "I don't think it was a one-off phenomenon," Sheeran said. "I think what it was more of a wake up call that exposed...
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WFP Boosts Assistance to Displaced People in ROC And DRC
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
KINSHASA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up deliveries to northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and to the neighbouring Republic of Congo to feed tens of thousands of Congolese people displaced by a recent upsurge of violence in and around Dongo village in DRC’s Equateur province.
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Somali rebels order WFP to halt relief food imports
Reuters (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The U.N.'s World Food Program must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hard-line rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the aid agency of devastating local agriculture.
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Afghanistan: Abused Wife Gains Respect Through Food Aid
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Frustrated by their poverty and the lack of food for the family, Jamila's husband used to beat her. But the violence subsided after she enrolled in a WFP project which eased the food problem and also taught her a trade. Nov.25 is Int'l Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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“We’re In An Era Of Food Insecurity”
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
With absolute numbers of hungry pushing past a billion for the first time, the global food and financial crises have ushered in an era of unprecedented food insecurity, the head of the World Food Programme warned this week in Washington.
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Climate 'is a major cause' of conflict in Africa
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
Climate has been a major driver of armed conflict in Africa, research shows - and future warming is likely to increase the number of deaths from war. US researchers found that across the continent, conflict was about 50% more likely in unusually warm years.
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Syria: Drought response faces funding shortfall
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
With a few weeks left before the end of this year’s planting season, UN officials have raised concerns over the lack of funds to help drought-hit farmers and herders in northeastern Syria. (..) The World Food Programme (WFP) shares similar concerns. “WFP has received $2.2 million only out of $22 million needed. This amount is barely sufficient to start the first distribution in December...
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South Africa Helps Feed Hungry in Horn of Africa
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday welcomed a R3 million (US$400,000) donation from the South Africa government which the food agency said will help to feed thousands of hungry families in the Horn of Africa region. WFP said the donation would be split equally, with R1.5 million supporting WFP's emergency activities in Ethiopia and the other R1.5 million boosting WFP's lifesaving...
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Afghan apples headed for Indian markets
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first shipment of Afghan apples for sale in the Indian market - branded the 'the Silk Road Harvest' - left Kabul for New Delhi by an Air India Flight on November 11, 2009. (..). Indian projects in the sector include (..) provision of high-protein biscuits to Afghan schoolchildren under a WFP programme.
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The 2010 Budget: What are the prospects for the smallholder farmer
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
The importance of the agriculture sector to the Ghanaian economy was manifest once again in the 2010 national budget statement (..) The World Food Program notes in its 2009 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis report that 5 percent of the Ghanaian population or 1.2 million people have very limited access to sufficient and nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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Two French Aid Workers Kidnapped in Central African Republic
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two French aid workers employed by Triangle Operation Humanitaire were kidnapped in northeastern Central African Republic by unidentified gunmen. (..) The group has also worked with the United Nations World Food Programme, distributing food aid to hundreds of displaced villagers after the series of inter-communal clashes in June.
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School Meals Boost Education And Food Security For Children During Financial And Food Crises
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON - As governments worldwide continue to grapple with fallout from the global economic crisis, a new report from the World Bank and the World Food Programme (WFP) shows that school feeding and other food-based safety net programs are vital to keeping children in school, improving their learning and health, and promoting food security.
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