World Food Program

The U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, is providing more than $68 million in additional funding to the UN World Food Program. The funding supports the purchase, movement and storage of up to 150,000 metric tons of Ukrainian wheat to help respond to the world’s worst food crises.  ...

The world food price barometer surged to a new peak reaching its highest level since July 2011. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released its monthly report last week, which tracks changes in the international prices of a basket of food commodities ...

World Food Program Executive Director, David Beasley, said when it comes to feeding the world's  population in 2021, he believes with issues such as conflict, climate change, and COVID-19, the farm community is facing an unprecedented crisis for the year head. ...

A new analysis identifies 27 countries that are on the frontline of impending COVID-19-driven food crises, as the pandemic's effects aggravate pre-existing drivers of hunger. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Program report that no world region is immune ...