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What Is COP26? What You Need to Know About the United Nations Climate Change Summit, and How It Connects to 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.
Erin Murphy
Don’t Look the Other Way: The Tragic Effects of the Climate Crisis Are Unfolding in Southern Madagascar, Where Hundreds of Thousands of Lives Are in the Grip of Drought of Famine
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.
Erin Murphy
Everything You Need to Know About Food Systems: How They Can Avert Famine and Help End Hunger
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.
Erin Murphy
“Things Were Already Desperate”: Afghanistan Set to Become the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
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.
Erin Murphy
Innovation Bootcamp: Humanitarian Pioneers Strive to Create Resilient, Safe and Inclusive Food Systems
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.
Erin Murphy
Meet Immaculée, a Small-Scale Farmer in Rwanda Growing Her Business with the Help of WFP, the Farm to Market Alliance and a Cow
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.
Erin Murphy
How the United Nations World Food Programme Fights Hunger and Famine Globally
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.
Erin Murphy
Climate Smarts: “We Make Our Own Food and Can Afford to Buy What We Do Not Grow”
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.
Erin Murphy
10 Quick Facts on Global Hunger and the United Nations World Food Programme’s Life-Changing Work
WFP works to save and change the lives of 150 million people in over 120 countries and territories. Here are the top 10 facts to know about hunger and WFP.
Erin Murphy
The Coolest Job You’ve Never Heard of: Keeping 4M Tons of Food From Going Bad
Extreme temperatures. Dropped from a plane. Springing leaks. These are the food safety considerations of the largest hunger-fighting organization in the world.
Goldie Pyka
It’s in the Bag! This Simple Storage System Is Slashing Food Loss.
Farmers in Sudan lose up to 40% of their crops every year. Our hermetic bags cost just $2 and reduce loss to less than 2%.
Goldie Pyka
How WFP Builds Food Security and Feeds the Hungry — One Sack at a Time
Take a glimpse into how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) buys food for over 100 million people.
Erin Murphy
