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Published on 05 March 2009 - Throughout the developing world the global food crisis has made women’s role as chief food provider even more difficult. As WFP delivers food to nearly 100 million people in 77 countries, we try to lighten that burden when we can with an eye toward gender equality.

FAO releases new "State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture" report

Information packs from WFP and FAO

Kuwait, 17 January 2009 - Josette Sheeran, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that Operation Lifeline Gaza, a campaign launched one week ago at Egypt's border with Gaza to raise awareness and resources for the victims of the conflict, has already helped WFP deliver urgently needed nutritious food in Khan (south), Der el Balah (centre) and Gaza City.

Expansion of world potato production is vital to food security

Rome, 10 November 2008 - The Netherlands and NATO are providing naval escorts to protect WFP ships carrying life-saving assistance from pirate attacks off Somalia. More than 2 million Somalis could go hungry without this protection.

High food prices to blame – economic crisis could compound woes

Major wheat producing countries agree on roadmap to battle virulent fungus

by Nancy RomanRome, 5 November 2008 - Hunger and the global food crisis are but among hundreds – maybe thousands – of policy initiatives competing for time and space on the Obama agenda this morning. They deserve to make the cut. The risk is that the global economic crisis – and the knee-jerk desire to pull inward – will prove the conventional wisdom right: That the world’s 923 million hungry will get hungrier as the financial crisis works its way [...]

Rome, 1 October 2008 - Facts, figures and the lastest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.