Informes

Press Release No:2011/430/PREM WASHINGTON, April 14, 2011— Driven in part by higher fuel costs connected to events in the Middle East and North Africa, global food prices are 36 percent above their levels a year ago and…

Dhaka, 15 March 2011 - The World Food Programme and Unilever have entered into a new partnership under which 95,000 primary school students will receive a nutritional boost in school each day. The students will be provided with micronutrient-fortified biscuits in…

BANGKOK, 28 February 2011 (IRIN) - NGO Action Against Hunger (ACF) in a recent report [ <a href=http://www.accioncontraelhambre.org/files/file/informes/Undernutrition=5Fwhat%20works=5Ffinal.pdf>http://www.accioncontraelhambre.org/files/file/informes/Undernutrition=5Fwhat%20works=5Ffinal.pdf ] singled out Bangladesh - along with Peru, Brazil, Malawi and Mozambique as a "success story" in its bid to reduce…

WAM Dubai, 30th Nov. 2010 (WAM) -- Limited access to adequate nutrition and education co-exists widely across Bangladesh, especially in high food-insecure areas such as flood-affected and remote rural regions where children live on a diet which is deficient…

Press Release No:2011/181/SDN WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2010-In a history-making move this week, Bangladesh, Niger and Tajikistan were awarded a total of $270 million for first-of-a-kind country-wide plans for resilience against climate impacts. Coming just weeks before the UN climate conference…

SEOUL - LG Electronics (LG) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have this week come together in new partnership to strengthen the fight against hunger and under-nutrition in Asia. The LG Hope Family for Asia is a three-year public-private…

ROME -The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today marks World Food Day by celebrating the bold leadership and outstanding contributions of national governments toward lasting solutions to hunger and malnutrition. "When we act together we have the power to bring…

New York - The World Food Programme is joining hands with private sector companies to develop innovative hunger solutions, WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran announced today, following a major gathering of private sector companies during the United Nations General Assembly. "It…

ECOSOC/6443 Economic and Social Council 2010 Substantive Session 35th & 36th Meetings (AM & PM) Expressing grave concern at the increasing number of people affected by humanitarian emergencies, including those associated with natural hazards, the Economic and Social Council today pressed the United…

  * Bangladesh, Haiti, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Togo receive first round of funds from multi-donor Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP).   * GAFSP created in response to call by G-20 leaders for the World Bank Group to…