The European Union and the Spanish Government convened the International Donors' Conference in solidarity with Venezuelan refugees and migrants and countries in the region, with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
BAGHDAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a donation of US$522,500 from the Government of Switzerland to support the food needs of nearly 24,000 refugees and internally displaced people for one month.
DUSHANBE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) distributed this week one-month food assistance for more than 9,500 people affected by mudslide in Khatlon Region’s Khuroson District.
Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Programme (WFP), warned on Tuesday.
Additional funding will help catalyze the BIG DATA Platform’s portfolio of innovative, big data projects’ responses to food security challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis.
Appeal raised to $311.6 million as swarms continue to threaten the Horn of Africa, Yemen while threats are increasing in Southwest Asia and the Sahel.
Mangroves are some of the richest ecosystems in terms of biodiversity. They are now attracting growing interest for their ecosystem services such as the protection of fauna and flora or coastal defence against rising sea levels or tsunamis. To better protect them, scientists from CIRAD have developed an algorithm to ensure effective, automatic monitoring of stands.
By Marianne Gadeberg. Continuous collaboration between farmers and scientists is the pinnacle of successful agricultural research for development. But what do you do when a global pandemic gets in the way of field visits and in-person exchanges? You get farmers on the phone.
Celebrating the cultural heritage, health benefits and economic importance of the iconic beverage.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a financing of $48 million from the International Development Association* (IDA) to help Uganda prevent and respond to the threat to livelihoods posed by the desert locust outbreak and to strengthen its national and regional systems for preparedness.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a financing of $63 million ($31.5 million grant and $31.5 million credit) from the International Development Association* (IDA) to help Ethiopia prevent and respond to the threat to livelihoods posed by the desert locust outbreak and to strengthen its national and regional systems for preparedness.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 — The World Bank Board of Directors approved a $43 million International Development Assistance (IDA)* credit for Kenya as part of a larger regional Emergency Locust Response Project to respond to the threat posed by the desert locust outbreak and to strengthen Kenya’s system for preparedness.
If you take care of the land, it will take care of you, says Tsefaye Kidane, a 40-year-old coffee farmer from the Kafa Biosphere Reserve, a protected area in southwest Ethiopia that is also regarded as the birthplace of wild Arabica coffee.
World Bank Group President David Malpass, Media Call, Washington, D.C., United States, Transcript
Emergency Financing for Locust Affected Countries will help people recover from losses.
Washington, May 21, 2020 — The World Bank announced today US$6 million in new funding from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s arm for the poorest countries, to help Djibouti address the threat posed by the locust outbreak and strengthen its preparedness systems. The financing is part of the Emergency Locust Response Program, a regional operation focusing on helping farmers, pastoralists and rural households recover from the impacts of the largest locust plagues in decades.
The European Commission adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy to bring nature back into our lives and a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system. The two strategies are mutually reinforcing, bringing together nature, farmers, business and consumers for jointly working towards a competitively sustainable future.
Protecting bees and beekeepers crucial in times of COVID-19 to support livelihoods.
LUSAKA – While ramping up its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun delivering relief food assistance to more than a quarter of a million vulnerable people heavily impacted by recent flash flooding.
