Global Food and Nutrition Security

Washington, May 31, 2020- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on May 29, 2020, two new projects totaling US$25 million in credit from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s arm for the poorest countries. The new financing will help Djibouti address vulnerability, foster inclusive economic growth and improve service delivery.

KHARTOUM – The Government of Sudan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the government’s Family Support program that will provide Sudanese families direct cash transfers.

The EU has mobilised €3 million in emergency assistance to countries in East Africa that have been hit by heavy rainfall over the past weeks, triggering devastating landslides and floods.

From a pool of over 1,000 entries, an international jury has chosen the nine winning digital solutions produced by the #SmartDevelopmentHack organised by the European Commission, together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

FAO webinar.

A stark hunger outlook means finding new ways to reach Somalis in need.

The World Food Programme in Niger welcomes an additional €24 million contribution from Germany to scale-up resilience building at a time when Niger is facing the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 health pandemic on food security and nutrition of vulnerable rural and urban families.

COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country already experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, driven by an unabated conflict. But we are ready to stay and deliver life-saving assistance to those who need it.

N’DJAMENA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its support to the Government of Chad’s World Bank-funded Food Security and Response Plan for people affected by the growing social and economic fall-out from the COVID-19 pandemic.

East Jerusalem – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of €6 million (US$6.5 million) from the Government of Germany to cover the food needs of more than 300,000 non-refugees in Gaza and the West Bank for up to three months.

In the countries of the global South, certain agricultural value chains are feeling the consequences of the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic more than others. The dairy chain in Madagascar is a good example. The country's milk producers and dairies are highly dependent on reliable transport services and demand, and they are finding things difficult. An analysis by a group of researchers from CIRAD based on the island, with their partners from FIFAMANOR.

by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee.

by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.

FAO Brussels Dialogue.

The May edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available.

WFP works with governments to mitigate impact on most-vulnerable families.

Brussels Dialogue brings together the African Union, the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union.

PANAMA CITY – The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean could potentially leave around 14 million* vulnerable people in severe food insecurity this year, warranting urgent attention to save lives, according to projections by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million.

Globally, food production is exceeding sustainable limits while also failing to provide healthy diets for the world’s growing population, which will reach 9.8 billion people by 2050.