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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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British Organisation Calls For Insect Eating In Hunger-Stricken African Countries
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people in the Horn of Africa who face the threat of starvation has risen to 22 million.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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"Hunger Pandemic" Worse Than Covid, Says Nobel-Winning UN Food Agency
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than Covid-19.
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Nobel Peace Prize Win Will Further Strengthen Cooperation With India: World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme which won the Nobel Peace prize on Friday said it hopes that this recognition will further strengthen its cooperation with India where it has been working for around five decades in various programmes related to food and nutrition security.
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World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2020 For Efforts To Combat Hunger
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its contribution towards achievement of food security.
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"Food Best Vaccine Against Chaos": Nobel Peace For World Food Programme
The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict.
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Global Hunger Could Double Due To COVID-19 Blow: UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Panic Buying Could Impact Global Food Supply Chain: United Nations Arm
United Nations agency World Food Programme (WFP) said global markets for basic cereals are well-supplied and prices generally low.
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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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British Organisation Calls For Insect Eating In Hunger-Stricken African Countries
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people in the Horn of Africa who face the threat of starvation has risen to 22 million.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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"Hunger Pandemic" Worse Than Covid, Says Nobel-Winning UN Food Agency
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than Covid-19.
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Nobel Peace Prize Win Will Further Strengthen Cooperation With India: World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme which won the Nobel Peace prize on Friday said it hopes that this recognition will further strengthen its cooperation with India where it has been working for around five decades in various programmes related to food and nutrition security.
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World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2020 For Efforts To Combat Hunger
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its contribution towards achievement of food security.
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"Food Best Vaccine Against Chaos": Nobel Peace For World Food Programme
The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict.
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Global Hunger Could Double Due To COVID-19 Blow: UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Panic Buying Could Impact Global Food Supply Chain: United Nations Arm
United Nations agency World Food Programme (WFP) said global markets for basic cereals are well-supplied and prices generally low.
