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Hunger Solutions On Shores Of Lake Victoria (Jul 29)
The Afican Union’s NEPAD and WFP organized a side event on food and nutrition during the AU summit in Kampala (24-26th July). The theme was: “Africa must feed itself. No child should go to bed hungry. Reduce child stunting by 50 percent in the next five years and beyond”


WFP Executive Director sees revolution in fighting hunger by Africa helping itself (Jul 29)
KIGALI – People in many African countries can recover from conflict faster and even have their lives transformed through a revolution in the fight against hunger including greater opportunities to harness the power of markets, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today.


Arroyo exec defends surplus rice imports (Jul 29)
Importing rice was a “policy call” of the previous administration to ensure an adequate supply of the staple in the country so that Filipinos will not go hungry, a former Cabinet member of ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said. (..) Some 450 community-driven projects have been identified under the Food-for-Work program in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, National Capital Region and Cordillera Administrative Region in exchange for 3,475 metric tons of rice to be distributed to the beneficiaries. In connection with this project, Horn said that the United Nations World Food Programme also sent rice in the country, which were stored in the NFA warehouse.


WFP Scales up Safety Nets in Support of the Government’s Agenda for Change (Jul 29)
The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Board has recently approved changes to its country portfolio which will allow it to better reach hungry vulnerable and malnourished people in Sierra Leone and support the government’s Agenda for Change until the end of 2012.


Politicians not focusing on food security situation: WFP (Jul 29)
If the time and energy spent on political unrest is devoted to solving real problems of poverty and food crisis, the population might not be as hungrier as they are right now. “Due to a greater focus on politics, the real and pressing concerns get lost somewhere in the middle. The politicians and government are not focusing on the food security as much as they need to. It is easier to ignore and overlook how the people in the rural hinterlands are living,” said Richard Ragan, country director of the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) at a photo exhibition organised by WFP, showcasing the food rituals of Nepal.


Women food-woe fighters (Jul 29)
Women can help reduce the rising food insecurity triggered by low agricultural production and price rise. Participants at a function organised by World Food Programme (WFP) here on Friday concluded this, saying that hunger is directly linked to gender inequality. “Like men, if women are trained to enhance their skills in agriculture sector, it is likely that food production will rise by 22 percent,” said Dominique Hyde, WFP’s deputy country director.


Food: A way of life (Jul 29)
Food indeed plays a major role in the life of people. Food describes you and reflects your culture and the nation you come from. (..) And that is what the photo exhibition ‘The life of food in Nepal’ portrays — it has a story to share about food, of people and of their tradition and culture. (..) the exhibition organised by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and inaugurated on July 20 at the Nepal Art Council comprises a total of 46 photographs. “I had always dreamed of coming to Nepal and after coming here I wanted to tell the story of Nepal in a different way,” said Richard Ragan, country representative of WFP.


WFP agrees to increase IDP’s food rations (Jul 28)
The World Food Programme (WFP) has agreed to increase the amount of food rations they provide to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in the North and East, Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthy Muralidaran said yesterday.


Senate needs to back Yemen resolution with food aid (Jul 28)
The Senate passed a resolution last year calling for support of Yemen, a country afflicted by Al Qaeda, internal conflict, hunger and poverty. (..) The UN World Food Programme (WFP), with a 51 million dollar budget shortfall, is struggling to provide aid to Yemenis displaced by the conflict in the northern part of the country. WFP's Food for Education programs have only had one distribution since June, 2009 because of this low funding.


Flood Watch: roundup of severe floods around the world (Jul 27)
There has been severe flooding around the world in 2010, with many regions experiencing the worst torrential rain and storms in a generation. (..) SUDAN: Aid agencies said in a report compiled by the World Food Programme (WFP) and others that there was an urgent need for tents, sleeping material, food and clean drinking water for those displaced by flooding.