Special Interest: Innovation
As the COVID-19 spreads, innovation and technology is needed more to reach people in need. Bernhard Kowatsch, head of WFP's Innovation Accelerator, explains how the program is working to support WFP's pandemic response.
This women's history month, Rohingya women share their stories of feeding their families under the most extreme conditions imaginable. How will history remember them?
ShareTheMeal is an app that enables people to donate food with just a tap of their fingers. In episode 38 of Hacking Hunger, we sat down with Max Costa, head of ShareTheMeal, and Nishkam Mehta, a super user, to learn what’s in store for its future.
ShareTheMeal is an app that enables people to donate food with just a tap of their fingers. In episode 38 of Hacking Hunger, we sat down with Max Costa, head of ShareTheMeal, and Nishkam Mehta, a super user, to learn what’s in store for its future.
For the first time ever, WFP's Innovation Accelerator was held in Silicon Valley. Eleven teams pitched their innovative ideas to end hunger in front of potential supporters and investors.
World Food Program USA today announced it is sponsoring the first-of-its-kind event in the United States, the United Nations World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp & Pitch Night.
Hunger Map LIVE brings together streams of publicly available information on food security, nutrition, conflict, weather and macro-economic data to show a holistic picture of the food security situation.
Meet the advanced-stage innovation teams participating in the first-ever WFP Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp and Pitch Nigh in Silicon Valley.
Meet the early-stage innovation teams participating in the first-ever WFP Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp and Pitch Night in Silicon Valley.
In Kenya, 65-year-old Matei Nziru has an obsession-like devotion to water, storing some gallons that are more than four years old. His tactics hold lessons for other farmers in dry climates.
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.