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WFP pledges more agricultural support (Jul 30)
The World Food Program (WFP) will continue efforts geared at boosting agricultural production in Rwanda, the organisation’s Executive Director, Josette Sheeran said, yesterday. Sheeran made the remarks whilre inspecting 300 hectares of wheat farms planted on the terraced hills of Rukozo and Cyungo sectors in Rulindo District.


Hunger Solutions On Shores Of Lake Victoria (Jul 29)
The African Union’s NEPAD and WFP organized a side event on food and nutrition during the AU summit in Kampala (24-26th July). The theme was: “Africa must feed itself. No child should go to bed hungry. Reduce child stunting by 50 percent in the next five years and beyond”


WFP Executive Director sees revolution in fighting hunger by Africa helping itself (Jul 29)
KIGALI – People in many African countries can recover from conflict faster and even have their lives transformed through a revolution in the fight against hunger including greater opportunities to harness the power of markets, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today.


WFP Scales up Safety Nets in Support of the Government’s Agenda for Change (Jul 29)
The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Board has recently approved changes to its country portfolio which will allow it to better reach hungry vulnerable and malnourished people in Sierra Leone and support the government’s Agenda for Change until the end of 2012.


Politicians not focusing on food security situation: WFP (Jul 29)
If the time and energy spent on political unrest is devoted to solving real problems of poverty and food crisis, the population might not be as hungrier as they are right now. “Due to a greater focus on politics, the real and pressing concerns get lost somewhere in the middle. The politicians and government are not focusing on the food security as much as they need to. It is easier to ignore and overlook how the people in the rural hinterlands are living,” said Richard Ragan, country director of the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) at a photo exhibition organised by WFP, showcasing the food rituals of Nepal.


Women food-woe fighters (Jul 29)
Women can help reduce the rising food insecurity triggered by low agricultural production and price rise. Participants at a function organised by World Food Programme (WFP) here on Friday concluded this, saying that hunger is directly linked to gender inequality. “Like men, if women are trained to enhance their skills in agriculture sector, it is likely that food production will rise by 22 percent,” said Dominique Hyde, WFP’s deputy country director.


Food: A way of life (Jul 29)
Food indeed plays a major role in the life of people. Food describes you and reflects your culture and the nation you come from. (..) And that is what the photo exhibition ‘The life of food in Nepal’ portrays — it has a story to share about food, of people and of their tradition and culture. (..) the exhibition organised by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and inaugurated on July 20 at the Nepal Art Council comprises a total of 46 photographs. “I had always dreamed of coming to Nepal and after coming here I wanted to tell the story of Nepal in a different way,” said Richard Ragan, country representative of WFP.


UN supporting efforts to help victims of Pakistani floods (Jul 28)
The United Nations is sending relief supplies to help victims in Pakistan of heavy floods, which are the worst that some parts of the Asian nation have seen in more than eight decades. (..) The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are providing tents and other items, while the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating with the Government to provide medicine. For its part, the World Food Programme (WFP) is ready to provide food if needed.


HOW TO: Source and deliver the right food to 300,000 IDPs in northern Yemen (Jul 28)
Feeding over 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Yemen involves complex logistics and coordination. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) works with its implementing partners, such as NGOs Islamic Relief and Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA), to ensure fair distribution and maximum outreach to displaced families, including 60,000 children under five.


Video from the Frontlines of the World's Worst Food Security Crisis (Jul 28)
The International Federation of the Red Cross just posted this video about one woman's day to day struggle to survive the food crisis in Niger. The World Food Program declared it an emergency operation in which millions of people risk starvation. So far, though, the international response has been weak.