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No end to world hunger without an end to conflict?—? WFP warns

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WFP warns Make food a tool for peace instead, urges Executive Director Marking International Day of Peace today, the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Executive Director David Beasley is adamant: “There’s no two ways about it?—?we A weapon of war or a tool for peace? Lack of food due to conflict is a well-established fact.

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Low cost, high impact?—?World Food Programme (WFP) pioneer recounts his work in Mongolia, a new…

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I’ve been with WFP on and off since 2009 when I joined as a Food Security Analysis Intern in The Gambia. This has an indirect but very real effect on food security and nutrition in the country, and the recurrent nature of the Dzud means vulnerability is chronic among many pastoralist communities. Two boys I met on a field visit.

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From fingers on triggers to green thumbs

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A group of former Farc rebels in Colombia is growing crops for the World Food Programme’s school feeding service An ex-guerrilla tends to tomato plants on a farming cooperative in La Guarija province. With a small group of fellow workers, he ties young tomato stems with string to protect them from gusts of wind.

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Your neighbor is your brother- agricultural stability in a war- torn country

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Your neighbor is your brother- agricultural stability in a war-torn country In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the opposing Twa and Luba tribes are on peaceful terms thanks to a joint resilience project implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).