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Afghanistan continues to experience marginal improvements in food security since the large degradation in the situation following the political transition of 2021. Nonetheless, over a third of Afghanistan’s population (14.2...

In 2022, 258 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity, in 58 countries/territories, with available data. This was up from 193 million in 53 countries in 2021...

A WFP study looking at gendered barriers affecting populations seeking humanitarian assistance in five countries. It identifies barriers emerging before, during and after assistance...

In Asia and the Pacific Region, WFP provides a wide range of strategic and technical support and capacity strengthening services across 17 countries, with a view to improving the coverage, comprehensiveness...

WFP’s high frequency mobile vulnerability analysis and mapping (mVAM) surveys provide regular insight into Afghanistan’s household food security situation.

Highlights: After peaking in Mid-2022, inflation turned into deflation since April 2023, driven by the easing of supply constraints and wider availability of goods in markets. About two-thirds of...

The evaluation was commissioned by the independent Office of Evaluation to provide evaluative evidence for accountability and learning and was originally timed to inform the design of the following WFP country strategic...

The political change after 15 August 2021 plunged the country into a humanitarian and economic crisis that devastated peoples’ lives and livelihoods. As the De Facto Authorities (DFA) mark...

Countries in crisis requiring external assistance for food are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. The list below covers crises...

Vulnerable populations in urban areas globally have been among the worst hit by the global COVID-19 crisis. In South and South-East Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased...