The theme of this year's World Food Day is 'Innovate Today, Nourish Tomorrow'. Here, we report on the Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported entrepreneurs who are creating businesses that connect farmers to markets, improve nutrition, strengthen food security and drive economic growth.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ and other humanitarians warn that refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan, many of them fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan, face severe hunger ¨C as shrinking contributions threaten a vital food and nutrition lifeline and threaten progress in building self-reliance.
In South Sudan¡¯s Jonglei State, families like Chol¡¯s are trapped by conflict, displacement and rising hunger, as violence destroys livelihoods and leaves communities struggling to survive without food or support. Countrywide, more than half of the population faces crisis hunger levels.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is delivering vital food and nutritional assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in Akobo East, as insecurity, infrastructure damage and the onset of the rainy season hamper operations.
As conflict, flooding, displacement and economic shocks converge, millions of people across South Sudan are facing emergency levels of hunger. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is racing to deliver food and nutrition assistance in hard?to?reach areas, but access and funding constraints threaten to leave families without support.
In the most inaccessible, conflict-torn places, Â鶹ÊÓƵ airdrops and the UN Humanitarian Air Service are often the only ways to reach desperate communities - as Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Aviation External Relations lead Hedley Tah recently witnessed first-hand.
Worldwide, up to 13.7 million more people may face emergency levels of food insecurity, according to a new Â鶹ÊÓƵ report examining the fallout of funding cuts
UN report raises alarm over 13 emergencies, including five - Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, and Haiti - where people face the immediate threat of starvation
Learn more about this rare and deadliest form of hunger, which is spreading in Sudan and threatens Gaza and elsewhere ¨C and how Â鶹ÊÓƵ is fighting it
