Â鶹ÊÓƵ implemented energy-related initiatives in 53 countries in 2024, reaching over 800,000 people through cooking interventions and providing energy access to another 800,000 individuals. Additionally, 37,000 smallholder farmers benefited from energy solutions for productive uses such as irrigation and drying. For household cooking, 17 countries promoted improved cookstoves through local manufacturing, government engagement, and direct distribution. Sri Lanka and Tajikistan introduced advanced technologies like electric pressure cookers and solar cookers, while Tanzania launched a humanitarian programme for 5,000 households and began carbon accreditation for its cookstove project.
This decentralized developmental evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School Meals and Social Protection Service (PPGS) to support learning within the ¡°Catalysing Good Food Through School Feeding¡± programmes funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
This report is Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s flagship publication and the primary reporting mechanism of the School Meals Coalition. It provides an overview of how countries support their children through effective school meal programmes
The terms of reference (TOR) aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation.
The terms of reference (TOR) aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation.
The terms of reference (TOR) aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation.
This report highlights how flexible funding empowered Â鶹ÊÓƵ to respond swiftly, and strategically as global needs continued to grow. While much of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work depends on earmarked resources, US$1.1 billion in flexible support from 38 public and private partners in 2024 gave Â鶹ÊÓƵ the ability to act quickly in emergencies and to allocate resources where they could have the greatest impact ¡ª enabling faster, smarter, life-saving action. With this vital backing, Â鶹ÊÓƵ reached people in 87 countries, helping them through urgent crises and strengthening their ability to face future challenges.
In 2024, the Philippines endured an active typhoon season with six back-to-back tropical cyclones that successively impacted the Luzon Island Group in 25 days. The first cyclone, severe tropical storm Kristine (international name: Trami), triggered widespread flooding and landslides. This was soon followed by five typhoons that compounded damages in barely recovered areas of Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Ilocos Region.
This report presents the results of a pilot targeting exercise aimed at assessing the feasibility of using the national social registry as a foundation for early recovery food security targeting.
This report highlights Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s achievements in addressing hunger and malnutrition across Asia and the Pacific in 2024, amid rising food insecurity, climate-related shocks and stressors and funding gaps.
Strengthening disaster preparedness in Timor-Leste, the December 2024 SimEx tested national and local response capacities through a realistic flood and cyclone scenario. Learn what worked and what¡¯s next.
The Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project II (SEWPP II), financed by the African Development Bank, follows on the largely successful Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project (2022-25). The project aims to enhance food security and livelihoods for smallholder farmers in target areas by enhancing production, productivity and profitability in the wheat-producing sector in Sudan.
A comprehensive and integrated nutrition SMART survey to explore the geographical disparities in the nutritional and food security situation within the Sylhet division of Bangladesh.
