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Posted Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:57:36 +0000 - www.wfp.org
Nutrition has long been a neglected part of global development. (..) But this issue is now being addressed. On 8 June, a high-level summit – Nutrition for Growth – took place in London. (..) The global situation regarding nutrition is critical. According to the United Nations World Food...
Posted Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:56:13 +0000 - www.wfp.org
An estimated 1.5 million Haitians face hunger because of poor harvests and rising food prices, as the Caribbean nation continues to reel from a series of natural disasters, says the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP). (..) “We are very concerned that 1.5 million people in Haiti face severe food...
Posted Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:04:26 +0000 - www.wfp.org
In the best of times, the solitary well that services this parched border town produced only enough water to let each household run its taps for a few hours a week. That was before civil war broke out in Syria, and before 180,000 thirsty refugees took up residence in a vast city of tents and...
Posted Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:03:21 +0000 - www.wfp.org
The leaders of the G8 nations are to begin a summit in Northern Ireland, with Syria's conflict set to dominate. (..) The 39th Summit of the Group Of Eight (G8) will be held in Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, on Monday and Tuesday.
Posted Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:02:06 +0000 - www.wfp.org
More or Less examines the claim that every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger. (..) It is a popular statistic used by celebrities and charity campaigners in support of the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign. (..) Ruth Alexander takes a detailed look at the problem of child malnutrition - which...
Posted Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:43 +0000 - www.wfp.org
Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa met here on Saturday with the newly appointed representative of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Yemen Bishaw Parajuli. During the meeting, Basindwa and Parajuli discussed aspects of the current and future cooperation between Yemen and the WFP to encounter...
Posted Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:32:47 +0000 - www.wfp.org
MasterCard is partnering with the UN World Food Programme (WPF) to promote the use of smart cards for the distribution of welfare benefits such as healthcare and education credits and food vouchers in Iraq. Details of an initial pilot for the potential introduction of electronic food vouchers in...
Posted Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:31:00 +0000 - www.wfp.org
World cereal production is expected to rise 6.5 percent in 2013/14 to reach a record 2.46 billion tonnes, mainly due to higher wheat output and a rebound in maize production in the United States, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. A likely replenishment in world cereal stocks could...
Posted Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:21:38 +0000 - www.wfp.org
The livelihoods of dozens of farmers just outside this small village, in a remote area of Lebanon’s Beka’a Valley near the Syrian border, hang in the balance. Local farmers say many in the no-man’s land between the Syrian and Lebanese frontier posts, known as Mashari El Qaa, have abandoned...
Posted Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:34:32 +0000 - www.wfp.org
June 10 - In London on 8 June, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, together with an array of presidents, prime ministers, businesspeople and philanthropists, signed the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact, an agreement to improve the nutrition of children and pregnant women around the world. Inside...
Posted Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:30:47 +0000 - www.wfp.org
June 6 - The focus of agricultural programmes should shift towards enhanced nutrition rather than just increasing crop yields, Professor Robert Black of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health told IPS. (..) Martin Bloem, senior nutritional advisor with the World Food Program (WFP), echoed...
Posted Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:29:52 +0000 - www.wfp.org
June 8 - As we gather in London this weekend for the Nutrition for Growth Summit, we should remind ourselves that while stunting was long ago banished from the streets of this city, it is still very much a reality in the developing world. (..) Although we have made considerable progress in recent...