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U.S. Global Food Security Policy

Fighting hunger abroad starts at home. World Food Program USA works to protect and promote U.S. policies and programs aimed at ending global hunger.

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Photo: WFP/Claire Nevill What Is the U.S. Farm Bill? Its History and Role in Fighting Hunger

The United States has a long legacy of maintaining its commitment to ending global hunger. A key piece of legislation to continue that commitment is the Farm Bill.

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Photo: WFP/Marco Frattini/2022 The ‘Year of Catastrophic Hunger’ Just Got More Catastrophic

The conflict in Ukraine puts enormous strain on a global humanitarian system already buckling under the pressure of 44 million people facing famine – numbers we haven’t seen since WWII, if ever.

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Photo: WFP/Lorena Peña The Future of International Relief: Co-Creation With the Private Sector

As we move into the next decade, we need to re-imagine how we do our work. What technologies and approaches could we develop in the future to solve humanitarian crises?