18/03/2021
On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards, such as megafires, extreme weather events, desert locust swarms [...]
World Food Programme Evidence Summary
05/03/2021
Cash is an increasing part of the World Food Programme's (WFP) global portfolio. In 2019, WFP transferred US$ 2.1 billion to nearly 28 million people in 64 countries across the world - 38 percent of total assistance. This note shares [...]
Erratic weather conditions and conflict curb 2021 production prospects in northern provinces, likely increasing the levels of food insecurity
22/02/2021
Highlights
Rainfall deficits since the start of the cropping season in northern Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces have negatively affected crops, curbing cereal production prospects in 2021.
The ongoing conflict in Cabo Delgado Province and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have [...]
Issue 30
19/02/2021
The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19 is aimed at those who plan and implement recovery from COVID-19, including government emergency planners and resilience officers. It brings together international lessons and examples which may prompt your thinking on the recovery from COVID-19, as [...]
Acute Malnutrition hits record levels in Yemen with a devastating toll on children under five
12/02/2021
Over 2.25 million cases of children aged 0 to 59 months, and more than a million cases of pregnant and lactating women, are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the course of 2021 in Yemen. Out of the 35 [...]