Climate risk insurance annual report 2021
WFP is making climate risk insurance solutions work for food insecure populations. In 2021, WFP protected over 2.7 million people in 18 countries with climate risk insurance, getting closer to reaching
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The State of School Feeding Worldwide 2013
<p>This new global report published by the World Food project analyses school feeding programmes in 169 countries and says that India has the largest school feeding programme in the world, catering to over 114 million children, but stands 12th among 35 lower-middle-income countries covering 79 per cent of its total number of school-going children.</p>
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Building resilience: bridging food security, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
This document provides ten case studies which are designed to support the identification of good practice, lessons, gaps, and opportunities in building resilience. The case studies were identified from
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Food insecurity and violent conflict: Causes, consequences, and addressing the challenges
Rising food prices contribute to food insecurity, which is a clear and serious threat to human security. Interest in food security as a catalyst for political instability and conflict has grown rapidly
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Food security assessment in the dry zone Myanmar
<p>The food security situation in the Dry Zone has improved compared to a year ago. Overall, 17 percent of households are severely food insecure, 24 percent moderately and 59 percent food secure. In the areas covered in both 2009 and 2010, the share of severely food insecure households decreased by 15 percent. Households were able to enhance both food consumption and food access.
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WFP and climate change: a review of ongoing experience and recommendations for action
This report represents a first systematic review of activities related to climate change conducted by the United Nations World Food Programme, including programmes, capacity development and technical assistance efforts.
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Climate change: enabling people to adapt for the future
This paper features the World Food Program's activities to support and implement country-led solutions to climate change and climate-related hunger by providing assistance in: response to climate-related hunger crises and disasters; disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness; community adaptation; climate change mitigation; social protection and safety nets; and advocacy and public pol
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Hunger and climate change
There are more than one billion hungry people in the world
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Climate change and hunger - Responding to the challenge
This new report by WFP details impact of climate change on hunger in developing countries. Predicts that by 2050 the number of people at risk of hunger as a result of climate change is expected to increase by 10 to 20 percent more than would be expected without climate change.