WFP’s Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Chief Gernot Laganda on the common solution to two great problems: the climate crisis and global hunger.
The climate crisis impacts all parts of the global food system – from production to consumption. COP26 is a critical moment for global powers to meet and urgently tackle the impacts of climate change.
Hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk in southern Madagascar, the only place in the world right now where catastrophic levels of hunger are being driven by climate not conflict.
What are food systems and how do they relate to WFP’s work? As the UN Food Systems pre-summit begins in Rome, we’re taking a look at the basics of our food systems.
Afghanistan is becoming the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with needs surpassing those in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, according to figures released this week.Â
This fall, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator hosted its 38th Innovation Bootcamp to build bold ideas for making food systems more resilient, safe, nutritious and inclusive for all.Â
There was a time when Immaculée Mukarusanga relied on farming just to feed her two teenage daughters. Now, thanks to the Farm to Market Alliance, she grows enough beans, corn and potatoes to sell at her local markets and could afford a cow.
For 60 years, the U.N. World Food Programme has worked on the front lines of the world’s worst crises, doing whatever it takes to deliver lifesaving food.
WFP is empowering farmers in Zambia to increase and strengthen their crop yields. With organic fertilizer and new soil techniques, farmers like Mainner are able to grow a variety of drought-tolerant crops.Â
WFP works to save the lives of millions people around the world facing acute hunger. Here are the top 10 facts to know about hunger and WFP.
