Afghanistan
DACAAR has begun implementing a 'Cash for Work' project in the Qadis district of Badghis province with funding from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO). 6,205 food insecure families (43,435 individuals) will be assisted in securing sufficient food stocks…
Afghanistan
(near verbatim transcript) WFP CONTINUES TO DISPATCH FOOD TO AFGHANS AHEAD OF WINTER Ahead of the winter freeze, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) continues to deliver food for impoverished Afghans, some of whom will be inaccessible once the bitter…
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Asia and the Pacific Problem Statement/Context: The Asia Pacific region has an emergency profile characterized by a combination of natural disasters, civil/political unrest with pockets of conflict situations, and recent emerging new global threats such as high food and fuel…
Afghanistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has already delivered 23,000 tons of food for nearly 1 million Afghans, some of whom will be cut off from supplies once winter's bitter cold arrives and heavy snows set in. This represents…
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Objectif et sommaire Ce document vise à fournir une vision d'ensemble de la situation alimentaire, y inclus les conséquences des tendances des marchés internationaux et sous régionaux aux membres du Groupe de Travail sur la Sécurité Alimentaire et la Nutrition.…
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FEWS NET overviews For an analysis of refugee flows into Kenya, see back page AFGHANISTAN: Severe drought, high food prices, and ongoing conflict have led to widespread food insecurity. Ongoing wheat imports and increased humanitarian aid are expected to ensure sufficient…
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Le Groupe de la Banque mondiale a lancé un mécanisme de financement rapide doté de 1,2 milliard de dollars - le Programme d'intervention en réponse à la crise alimentaire mondiale (GFRP) afin d'accélérer les apports d'aide aux pays qui…
Afghanistan
The humanitarian situation remains grim in Afghanistan owing to the protracted conflict and chronic food insecurity, aggravated, among other things, by rising global food prices. With the winter looming, the ICRC has increased its emergency programmes for impoverished populations. In northern…
Afghanistan
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates World Food Day (WFD) each year on 16 October, the day the Organization was founded in 1945 in Quebec City, Canada .The World Food Day for 2008 is…
Afghanistan
The first Governor-led initiative to tackle opium poppy in Afghanistan took a big step forward this week with the launch of a =A36 million programme to support wheat farming in Helmand. To mark the start of the programme, counter narcotics…
