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World Food Day: WFP works towards food security one sack at a time

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World Food Day: How WFP works towards food security?—?one one sack at a time A glimpse into how the World Food Programme buys food for nearly 100 million people A warehouse in Kano, one of three urban hubs in Nigeria, where WFP has launched cash and food assistance programmes in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Building resilience and new skills in rural Afghanistan

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A partnership between WFP and ACTED has helped more than 10,000 people to improve their food security and withstand weather extremes. Employment in agriculture dominates the labour market, encompassing 44 percent of all jobs. WFP provided food and cash to 2.7 Women attend a community group meeting.

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Here are the Tribal Female Heroes of Bangladesh

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Credit: WFP Bangladesh/Mehedi Rahman The Tribal Women of Bangladesh The mountainous region in Southeastern Bangladesh, called the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), borders India and Myanmar and is home to more than 11 tribal groups. With the money, I can buy enough food for my family of five,” says Marma.

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‘HIV is no longer a death sentence for us’

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The 41-year-old belongs to a group of people living with HIV in Cameroon’s Adamawa region. There are eight such groups in the town of Meiganga, each with 25 members?—?80 What unites group members along with their HIV status, he adds, is social and economic empowerment they receive?—?WFP 80 percent of them are women.

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Seeds of change

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New investors, family farmers and the changing face of agriculture in Congo Call it a paradox. Yet the Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the nation relies on imports for 80 per cent of its food. Every year, Congo spends more than a billion US dollars in food imports? Grow food, in addition to feed.

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Investing in Ethiopia’s future

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How managing risks now helps reduce the cost of an emergency response in the future Story by Berhan Tsegaye Staff from REST (Relief Society of Tigray), a local NGO, distribute cash at pay-out events. the poorest and most food-insecure communities. I’m part of a savings and loan group of 20 women. It is just not fair.

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WFP backs snack securing livelihoods and nutrition in coronavirus-hit Congo

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World Food Programme trains cooperatives to make a nutritious energy bar?—?which million people, where the World Food Programme (WFP) assists more nearly 73,000. million people, where the World Food Programme (WFP) assists more nearly 73,000. This is how I survive when times are hard,” she says.