How Innovation Can Help Solve Hunger During a Pandemic

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.

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‘We Can Now Collect Food With Dignity’

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?

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Hacking Hunger – Episode 38: It All Started With An Insight: How Feeding the World is at Your Fingertips

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.

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It All Started With an Insight: How Feeding the World Is at Your Fingertips

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.

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WFP Partners With Silicon Valley Experts to Accelerate Innovations Aiming to #DisruptHunger Globally

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.

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United Nations World Food Programme Brings the First-Ever #DisruptHunger Innovation Accelerator to the USA

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.

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WFP and Alibaba Unveil Next Generation of Machine Learning Technology in the Fight Against Hunger

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.

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Scaling Up in Silicon Valley to Disrupt Global Hunger

Meet the advanced-stage innovation teams participating in the first-ever WFP Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp and Pitch Nigh in Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley Bootcamp Start Ups Disrupt Global Hunger

Meet the early-stage innovation teams participating in the first-ever WFP Innovation Accelerator Bootcamp and Pitch Night in Silicon Valley.

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Extreme Water Harvesting: A Glimpse Into the Future of Dryland Farming

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.

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In Burundi, What Do Farmers and Food Waste Have in Common?

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.

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Introduction of Hermetic Storage Reduces Food Loss in Yobe

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.

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