ZHENGZHOU ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ and China¡¯s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (NAFRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen South-South Cooperation and share China¡¯s experience in food security
MOMBASA, KENYA ¨C A contribution of 53 KAMAZ trucks and 10 trailers, donated by the government of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), have been handed over today in the port city of Mombasa. These trucks will be stationed in Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Regional Logistics Hub in Kampala, Uganda and will assist its distributions and deliveries throughout the East and Central African region.
61 per cent of the population are projected to face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse
14 June 2019, JUBA - The number of people facing a critical lack of food in South Sudan is the highest ever, three United Nations agencies warned today.
KWACJOK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the European Union have today officially handed over the completed Kwacjok Bridge to the Government of South Sudan that links Lunyaker, Kwacjok and Kangi regions for long separated by the Jur River.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working tirelessly to meet the needs of millions of hungry Yemeni children, women and men who are threatened by a potential famine because of conflict. Our operational independence, impartiality and neutrality are paramount if we are to succeed and we need immediate and unrestrained access to the hungry so that we can reach those who need us most.
OUDOMXAY, LAOS ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today handed over its school feeding programme in more than 500 schools to the Government of Laos. The ceremony was held at the Bor village school in Oudomxay, where Â鶹ÊÓƵ provides 40,000 plates of food per year to the school¡¯s 200 students.
EAST JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of €4 million (US$4.5 million) from the Government of Germany which will help meet the most pressing food needs of vulnerable, non-refugee communities across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
KHARTOUM ¨C The United Kingdom is contributing ?3 million (approximately US$3.9 million) to support the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in providing cash assistance for vulnerable communities in Darfur and running the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) across Sudan.
Focus includes school meals and agriculture for nutrition
14-16 May 2019
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Executive Director of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), with a representative from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will visit the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 14-16 May 2019 to raise greater awareness about the importance of integrated food systems to improve food and nutrition security, and to see first-hand the agencies¡¯ collaborative programmes in action.
VIENTIANE - A large shipment of rice, lentils and oil donated by the United States arrived at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Vientiane warehouse on May 10, 2019, where U.S. Ambassador to Lao PDR Rena Bitter received the goods.
JERUSALEM ¨C The Government of Canada has provided the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) with a contribution of CAD$3.2 million (approximately US$2.4 million) to support 128,000 vulnerable Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Rome ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$240 million contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support the food needs of vulnerable people in Yemen
ROME ¨C As a precautionary measure, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has temporarily halted distribution worldwide of a fortified blended food from one of its suppliers as tests continue to establish whether it is linked to outbreaks of illness in East Africa.
¡®Famine Likely¡¯: new classification to boost warning
Rome, Italy, 25 April 2019 - New global guidelines published today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative will further hone food security and nutrition analysis processes for better and more actionable information during humanitarian crises.
April 25th, 2019, Panama City. ¨C The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that prolonged droughts and heavy rain have destroyed more than half of the maize and bean crops of the subsistence farmers along the Central American Dry Corridor, leaving them without food reserves and affecting their food security.
BEIRA ¨C One month on since Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique on March 14, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ has reached one million people with food assistance and continues to expand its emergency response while launching recovery and reconstruction interventions.
DHAKA ¨C The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will expand a cooked school meal programme to reach 400,000 children in 2,000 schools across 16 sub-districts. The programme was successfully piloted by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) finds that that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017
BANGUI ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution of US$ 6 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that will keep the Â鶹ÊÓƵ-managed UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flying in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.).
BEIRA/MAPUTO ¨C At the end of a two-day visit to Mozambique, the Executive Director of the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ, David Beasley, today said the international community must step up support to victims of the recent cyclone and flooding that have devastated large areas of the country.
AWEIL, South Sudan, 26 March 2019 ¨C Tens of thousands of school children in some of South Sudan¡¯s most food insecure areas will benefit from a new European Union (EU) funded education in emergencies programme launched today in Aweil. The contribution, worth €24.4 million, will provide hot daily meals to 75,000 school children, help train some 1,600 teachers, equip learners with educational supplies and provide psycho-social support services for 40,000 children who are currently enrolled in schools and those out of school.
CAIRO ¨C The Executive Director of the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) David Beasley has ended a three-day visit to Egypt where he visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ operations in villages close to the county¡¯s historic town of Luxor in Upper Egypt.
LIMA ¨C The TV reality show ¡®Cocina con Causa¡¯ (¡®Cooking for a Cause¡¯) has won a Humanitarian Award in the Outstanding Achievement category of the 2018 Best Shorts Competition. The programme, which seeks to improve the dietary practices of ordinary Peruvian families, was made by TV Peru in partnership with the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
