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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. Having surrendered their weapons, a group of former Farc fighters set up a cooperative, with World Food Programme (WFP) support, in La Guajira?

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821 million reasons bootcamp teams will disrupt hunger

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Teams from across the globe will work on Zero Hunger projects for five days from 11 to 15 February in Munich Bootcamp participants using visual tools to map their ideas. That’s also the number of people who could benefit from the #ZeroHunger solutions at the next World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Bootcamp. Meet the ten teams ?

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Eco-Friendly Packaging + Shipping Materials for Ecommerce Orders

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Yup, corn isn’t just a delightful food to have at a summer BBQ; it’s an eco-friendly ecommerce alternative. Since cornstarch is derived from corn grains, utilizing it a lot can impact human and animal life that rely on corn heavily for their food ecosystems. No worries. The material is bound together by mycelium (i.e.

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Eco-Friendly Packaging + Shipping Materials for Ecommerce Orders

Ship Monk

Yup, corn isn’t just a delightful food to have at a summer BBQ; it’s an eco-friendly ecommerce alternative. Since cornstarch is derived from corn grains, utilizing it a lot can impact human and animal life that rely on corn heavily for their food ecosystems. No worries. The material is bound together by mycelium (i.e.

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Cultivating seeds and dreams in Lebanon

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How sustainable agriculture courses in the Bekaa Valley are boosting livelihoods and benefiting entire communities Nestled amid green fields in the centre of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley is a seemingly unremarkable farm. In fact, there’s a bumper crop of farmers graduating from the sustainable agriculture courses being run on this farm.