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The WFP is the leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

This paper explores COVID-19 policy responses and experiences of their impact on food systems and livelihoods, and other factors shaping vulnerability among peri-urban small-scale farmers in Zambia...

Motivation Detailed empirical work on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security is scant. Local management of food security has received little attention. Purpose This...

The effectiveness of food aid in reducing household food insecurity in developing countries has been extensively examined in previous studies. This study explores this issue in the context of COVID-19...

The COVID-19 pandemic has imparted a significant impact on the global economic conditions. The food security status in the developing and under-developed countries is getting worse with the progression of the pandemic. According...

This report presents: (1) an update on the food security and nutrition situation since the 2014–2015 Strategic Review, mostly referring to data from 2013 to the most recent available and covering the three...

WFP launched the first global Retail in a Box (RIAB) pilot in Camp 23 on 6 December; now 2,400 households (11,040 individuals) can receive monthly...

Cox’s Bazar, situated in Bangladesh’s southern “cyclone belt”, is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters and is one of the most underdeveloped regions of Bangladesh. The influx of Rohingya refugees is perceived...

The brief provides an analysis on WFP Emergency Operation in Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) which have adapted to the newer challenges due to COVID-19 to continue life-saving interventions for the extremely...

WFP’s Medium-Term Programme Framework (MTPF) responding to the development emergency caused by COVID-19 sets out a high-level vision and new way of working for WFP to help countries...