Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Despite numerous humanitarian efforts the long-standing crisis of chronic malnutrition in Pakistan still looms big. Meanwhile the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms has decided to allocate resources in the Public Sector Development Plan (PSDP) at the federal level to address malnutrition in the country in the upcoming budget. Participants …
Southern Africa faces possible food shortages over the next few months due to a severe drought in the 'maize belt' of South Africa, where a lack of rain had caused crop failure rates of over 50 percent, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. In South Africa, the WFP …
Starvation is looming in Zimbabwe after widespread failure of crops coupled by the country's policies that have failed to stimulate economic growth. A snap survey by The Standard in various parts of the country showed that a large chunk of the staple crop -- maize -- is now a write …
Bangladesh performed better in conducting regular surveys on the nutritional status of respective population compared to India, reports the Times of India. India had the survey done about ten years ago – during which time Bangladesh completed two such surveys with the latest one carried out three years ago, the …
Investing in insurance programs for poor farmers today could save tens of billions of dollars in coming decades as climate change upsets growing patterns and makes harvests fail, U.N. officials said ahead of next week's conference in Japan on disaster preparedness. An investment of $350,000 in disaster prevention for farmers, …
Nairobi — At least 1.6 million Kenyans are facing famine, according to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. A multi-agency assessment meeting of stakeholders pointed out that immediate relief was required for the next six months to support affected areas. "The findings of the assessment estimate that at least 1.63 …
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has begun projects to improve livelihoods and reduce communities’ susceptibility to disasters in Tharparkar, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts of Sindh, thanks to a grant of $2.78 million from the government of Australia. Around 13,200 families will receive cash payments for participation in …
Islamabad—World Food Programme is implementing a programme in 40 districts including three new districts in Cholistan to reduce the incidences of malnutrition and improve public health and food security in a sustainable manner. Expansion of project called Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) is also underway in Punjab with inclusion …
China on Monday announced a new batch of $6-million donation to the United States World Food Program’s emergency operation to assist 1.3 billion people impacted by the Ebola virus outbreak in the three most affected countries – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The substantial amount of donation will be divided …
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday welcomed a contribution of US$300,000 from the Government of the Republic of Korea to assist WFP’s nutrition programme in Sudan. WFP will use part of the funds to purchase Plumpy Sup, a specialized nutritional product for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition. …
World food prices have hit a four-year low, a UN agency reported on Thursday, with record harvests breathing new hope into the fight against hunger, though some "hunger hotspots" remain. Global wheat production is forecast to reach a record high in 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in …
The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, still do not have enough to eat, three U.N. food and agriculture agencies said on Tuesday. The number of chronically undernourished people dropped by …
The World Food Programme needs to raise $70 million to feed 1.3 million people at risk from shortages in Ebola-quarantined areas in West Africa, with the agency's resources already stretched by several major humanitarian crises, its regional director said. WFP's West Africa Director Denise Brown said the organisation was currently …
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it has received 5.1 million U.S. dollars to provide urgently needed food and nutrition support for the most vulnerable people of South Sudan. WFP said the funds will be used to purchase specialised fortified foods to prevent malnutrition in children under the …
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) will spend 6.7 million dollars for nutrition and school feeding programme by the end of this year in six agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). According to Radio Pakistan, under this programme more than 200,000 students in nearly 1,200 schools will be …
KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed yesterday a generous contribution from the Government of Canada towards WFP emergency operations in Sudan. The contribution of CAD 5 million (US$4.5 million) will be used to support WFP’s emergency food assistance in Sudan. “We are grateful for the Government …
Project soon for each to have access to sufficient food Odisha will soon launch a zero hunger challenge project in collaboration with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP). Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday gave a green signal to the project proposal whose objective is to eliminate hunger in …
The World Food Programme (WFP) would assist eight million people till 2015 at a total cost of $535 million in different parts of the country, especially in the disaster-prone areas. “This programme would help improve the economic opportunities and boost the community resilience in the disaster-prone areas, and address nutrition …
There was slump in livestock farming in the country as compared to last year. According to the preliminary estimate of the agro products of the FY 2070-71 BS publicized by the ministry, the productivity of the cow farming, buffalo rearing, and poultry has come down as compared to last year. …
The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall. "We are concerned because there is the beginning of a locust invasion in the eastern part of the country, …
