Energising School Feeding
<p>Cooking school meals requires energy. In some countries, families are asked to contribute to fuel expenses or to provide firewood, failing which, children may be refused school meals. The acquisition
World Food Programme (WFP)
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Action needed to prevent food price catastrophe: UN
World leaders must take swift, coordinated action to ensure that food price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe that could hurt tens of millions of people in coming months, the United Nations' food agencies
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Food scarcity hits hilly districts
Across the mid and far western hill and mountain districts, the population suffering from food insecurity is estimated to be around 0.49 million in the first quarter of the year 2012. “The number has
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Mega project to give kids new lease
A coordinated plan of five ministries to accelerate the reduction of maternal and child under-nutrition in the country is taking pace, officials said. National Planning Commission has recently prepared
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The real Hunger Games': a million children at risk as Sahel region suffers punishing drought
The UN warns that a million children in Africa's Sahel region face malnutrition due to drought in region. In all 15 million people face food insecurity in eight nations across the Sahel, a region that
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26 killed in floods in Afghanistan
At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 missing after flash floods hit a wedding party and three villages in northern Afghanistan, an official said Monday. Most of the victims were women and
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Food min signs MoU with WFP
New Delhi In a bid to reduce pilferage of grain, food ministry and UN body World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for scaling up the modernisation of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). WFP, which is currently supporting a pilot project in Orissa’s Rayagada districts, where biometrics based technology is used to eliminate ‘bogus’ BPL card holders, would support other states such as Bihar, Jharkhand and North-eastern states in taking up modernisation of TPDS.
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World food prices rise further, raising fears of unrest
Global food prices rose in March for a third straight month with more hikes to come, the UN's food agency said on Thursday, adding to fears of hunger and a new wave of social unrest in poor countries.
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Millions risk hunger in South Sudan - U.N.
Conflict, population displacement and high food prices mean millions of people in South Sudan face hunger this year, two U.N. food agencies said on Wednesday. The number of people with insecure food
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UK, WFP to provide $679,000 for Satkhira flood victims
The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom and the United Nations World Food Programme will provide much-needed support for 150,000 people affected by recent floods and water-logging
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Brazil is world champion in fighting hunger: WFP
Brazil is a world leader in the fight against hunger and its experience can be shared with other countries, visiting World Food Program chief Josette Sheeran said Monday. "As a world champion in the