90 percent of Burundi’s population is entirely dependent on agriculture, yet the country doesn’t produce nearly enough food to feed everyone. Cutting food loss can help.
Three-hundred farmers each received eight specially-made, airtight, 110-pound bags to protect their grains from insects, rodents, mold and moisture. The results were astonishing.
Ongoing drought in Somalia means families are facing severe hunger, struggling to adapt and looking for any way to continue their everyday lives.
DRC is the world’s second largest hunger crisis after Yemen, with 13 million people food insecure – 5 million of which are children who are acutely malnourished.
This first-of-its-kind data exchange involves IOM’s BRaVE and WFP’s SCOPE systems, which will improve efficiency in the delivery of assistance.
Erratic, extreme rainfall is making the Congo hotter and more exposed to dry spells and violent storms
Around 70% of Rwandans work in the agricultural sector, yet they lose vast amounts of their harvest before it ever reaches their plates or markets.
Johnson Kagoye, WFP government partnerships officer in Uganda, is committed to ending hunger by reducing food waste and loss.
WFP faces a dizzying number of challenges in delivering assistance to the 5 million people who need it. Abductions, looting, harassment and illegal checkpoints are only the beginning.
Three UN agencies warn that 61% of the population – the highest rate ever – is projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse by the end of July.
