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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WFP faces $109 million shortfall for floods operation
World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a critical shortfall of $109 million for floods operation in Sindh and Balochistan, WFP spokesman Amjad Jamal told APP on Friday. “WFP has only supplies to continue
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Netherlands provides 4m euros for flood victims
Responding positively to the United Nations appeal, the Netherlands provided humanitarian assistance worth four million euro to the flood victims of Sindh. The amount would be utilised for purchasing
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UN says food prices to remain high
Food commodity prices are likely to stay high and volatile during the next few years because of rising demand, more frequent extreme weather and the biofuel industry, according to a report from the UN’s
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Pakistan receive additional humanitarian relief assistance from Brazil
In response to appeals by Pakistan to international community for humanitarian relief assistance for victims of recent floods in the country, Government of Brazil will distribute up to 710,000 tons of
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FAO seeks $18.9mn to help flood-affected farmers of Sindh
KARACHI: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking urgent donor support to help farmers in Sindh hit by rain and floods that were worse than 2010’s devastating flooding. Heavy monsoon rains
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20,000 flood-hit families provided one month ration: WFP
Around 20,000 families in four districts of flood-hit Sindh province have been provided one month ration during last one week. The World Food Programme (WFP), which has initially targeted five districts
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WFP to start $340m project to help the poor
The World Food Programme (WFP) will start a new Bangladesh programme in January to assist 4 million hungry, vulnerable and malnourished people at a cost of nearly $340 million. The UN agency's last
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India To Allow Free Flow of Food for UN Aid Programme
India will not impose export duty and other restrictions on food purchases by the United Nations World Food Programme, joining a global initiative to tackle scarcity of food and volatility in its prices.
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Bioenergy Targets Based On Flawed Science, Report Shows
Existing targets for biofuels and other forms of bioenergy are based on flawed carbon accounting and should be revised downwards, a draft report by a panel of 19 top European scientists showed. "It
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India pledges $8 m to famine-hit African nations
India will provide humanitarian assistance of $8 million to the African countries afflicted by severe famine and drought such as Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti. With the issue of piracy being of “considerable