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Naveen Patnaik to share Odisha's food security model at WFP in Rome
Updated : 1 week, 1 day 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 : 2 months, 4 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 6 months, 2 weeks 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 : 6 months, 3 weeks 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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Food insecurity increases Pakistan's woes
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Islamabad, [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Pakistan has failed to lift itself out of poverty with the Global Hunger Index (GHI) ranking it 92nd out of 116 nations and with a score of 24.7. The country's level of hunger is categorised as 'serious'.
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3.4 mn people in Myanmar will suffer from hunger within 6 months, warns Wo
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 23 (ANI): Within the next six months, 3.4 million people will go hungry, over and above the 2.8 million people considered to be food insecure in Myanmar before the military takeover, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
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India gets elected to three UN ECOSOC bodies
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 21 (ANI): India was on Tuesday elected to three United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) bodies.
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World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 9 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday.
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Panic buying amid COVID-19 can impact global food supply chain: WPF
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 4 (ANI): The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain but that could change for the worse if anxiety-driven panic by major food importers takes hold, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
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INS Trikand escorts World Food Programme ship
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): INS Trikand, a front-line warship of the Indian Navy, has provided escort to a UN-affiliated merchant ship transporting relief materials for the underprivileged in Africa under the World Food Programme (WFP) initiative.
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India contributes USD 1 mn for WFP's humanitarian activities in N Korea
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Nov 5 (ANI): As North Korea faces chronic food shortage, India has contributed USD 1 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian activities in Pyongyang, the UN agency's monthly report said on Tuesday.
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