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Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage 'hotspots': Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Warnings on Pakistan and Afghanistan have been issued in a report jointly published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
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Amid food shortage, over 3 million Afghan children face acute malnutrition
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid reeling economic crisis and political turmoil, the sufferings of Afghan children have gone worse as the World Food Programme underlined that an estimated amount of 875,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in 2023 in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported on Friday.
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World Food Programme to help 15 million Afghans overcome food crisis till
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing food insecurity in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) is set to provide more than 15 million Afghans with food assistance every month till March 2023.
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World Food Programme calls for USD 1.1 bn aid for food-insecure Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): Due to a massive surge in food insecurity amid the Ukraine war, the World Food Programme has called for USD 1.1 billion to continue delivering monthly food and nutritional assistance for the next six months to 15 million acutely food-insecure people i
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WFP warns of starvation in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) for Afghanistan on Sunday said that the economic situation in Afghanistan is getting worse and tens of millions of people in this country need food aid.
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Petrol reserves in Sri Lanka insufficient to meet needs of people
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): The World Food Programme said that the remaining petrol reserves in Sri Lanka are likely to be insufficient to meet the needs of people.
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Over 6 million Sri Lankans face food insecurity due to record inflation: U
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Some 6.26 million Sri Lankans, or three in 10 households, are unsure of where their next meal is coming from, according to the latest food insecurity assessment from the World Food Programme (WFP), released on Wednesday.
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Naveen Patnaik to share Odisha's food security model at WFP in Rome
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): A delegation led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to visit the World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome next week to share Odisha's "transformational journey" in food security and disaster management.
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WFP delivers food aid to over 1 million people in Ukraine, seeks USD 590 m
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], March 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday that it has delivered food aid to 1 million people in Ukraine and requested an additional USD 590 million in funding to expand the assistance.
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Need USD 2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the starvation level in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme has said the organisation needs up to USD 2.6 billion to provide food to Afghan people, reported local media.
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UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 15 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans.
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Severe cash crunch threatens WFP operations in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 7 (ANI): Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.
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