#𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁⏰Happening Today 06 February
𝗪𝗵𝗼? Regional Director for Eastern Africa
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁? will update the on the situation in the Horn of Africa.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻? ⌚️15:00 CET / 14:00 GMT
𝗛𝗼𝘄? Watch live ▶️ bit.ly/3HRu3pQ
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In the #HornOfAfrica, we're in the third consecutive year of climatic disruptions. It's affecting crop, livestock production and causing displacement.
It's a #ClimateCrisis. And one good rainy season will not solve the issue.
Full recovery from this drought will take years.
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Coming up this Monday!
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#𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿! 𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
@WFP Regional Director for Eastern Africa @micdunford will update the @Europarl_EN on the situation in the Horn of Africa.
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𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
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Below 
: the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest @WorldBank assessment. wrld.bg/iX7x50MGBAx
: the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest @WorldBank assessment. wrld.bg/iX7x50MGBAx
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Integrated resilience interventions serve as a buffer to instability by strengthening social cohesion, creating social safety nets, keeping lands productive and offering economic opportunities.
#FoodSystems
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One of the things holding back youth participation @FoodSystems is lack of land. See how the government of Tanzania is solving that problem. Youth participation in food systems transformation is killing many birds with one stone- jobs, food security, environmental sustainability
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#GoodRead : “It’s become very hard for me to survive," Fatimalo Mustapha Sayed says. She has witnessed aid cuts for years, but the impact has been especially visible in recent months.
Thank you, , for capturing the voices of real people affected by this crisis.
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“There is a war and nobody is talking about it. Everybody is talking about Ukraine, and nobody is talking about Western Sahara.”
@maxine_moes on the humanitarian crisis in the Western Sahara.
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📯#𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆, 's Head of Nutrition, explains to Journalist how Covid-19 combined with the cost-of-living crisis have created a #nutrition crisis.
Read more
thenationalnews.com/uae/health/202 via
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#𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵
#Italy 🇮🇹 will host the UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment, in collaboration with the Rome-based UN Agencies , , , the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub + the wider UN system.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻? 𝟮𝟰 – 𝟮𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
#FoodSystems #SDGsDesa
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Building on Italy's leadership in transforming food systems. Alongside @ItalyMFA_int Minister @Antonio_Tajani, we are pleased to announce the UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment this year for a more sustainable tomorrow. un.org/sg/en/content/
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Here is our latest story from deployees in the field. Read about the experience of Oscar who is deployed from @iMMAP_org to support @WFP's work in Venezuela. @WFP_Media
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CFS Chair @GabrielFerrero1 yesterday met with @AminaJMohammed in Rome.
They discussed strengthening collaboration between CFS & @UN Global Crisis Response Group for urgent, impactful responses to the ongoing #FoodCrisis while driving sustainable #FoodSystems transformation.
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#𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿! 𝟲 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
Regional Director for Eastern Africa will update the on the situation in the Horn of Africa.
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Set a reminder to join us on Monday, as @micdunford - @WFP Regional Director for #EasternAfrica will be speaking at @EP_Development to address the critical global food security situation in the #HornOfAfrica.
06 February
15:00 CET / 14:00 GMT
Live bit.ly/3HRu3pQ
06 February
15:00 CET / 14:00 GMT
Live bit.ly/3HRu3pQ
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#𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐩
📌Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis
📌Hunger soars to 12-year high in Syria, WFP chief calls for action
📌 How farm-to-school meals are bringing children back to class in the #Philipines
📢Details: bit.ly/3YmUwRo
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There may not be enough food for everybody in 2023. There’s no doubt we can produce enough food for the world’s population; humanity’s strategic enough to achieve that. The question is whether—because of war, economic devastation, and destabilization—we do.
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𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚: climate change expert in this 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 says⏩ "Without critical financing for community-based adaptation in vulnerable and fragile contexts more food system breakdowns are imminent."
Learn more ⏩
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❗ Are you a journalist or interested in news about Food security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean?
🔗 Here is an overview of the Food security & Nutrition in Latin America 👉 bit.ly/3jkt1sT
#SOFI2022
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𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: "Water from the previous floods is not disappearing."
Are you curious about the effects of the #ClimateCrisis ?
writes in #SouthSudan The country that has been flooded for four years
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Haitian-led solutions are happening already - home-grown school feeding programs allowed Haitian farmers to grow food for school meals, all in the midst of a fuel shortage.
The power of resiliency! #ChangingLives
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#🅽🅴🆆🆂🅱🆁🅴🅰🅺
Nice to read an opinion piece penned by for explaining why #ItsTimeToAct to help Ethiopia Prevent Famine.
"Advocating for Congress to increase Food for Peace funding, would be critical."
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞:
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❗131 million people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020. The unaffordability of healthy diets affects the nutrition and health of the most vulnerable populations.
🔗Read Overview of Food security & Nutrition in Latin America & the Caribbean👉bit.ly/3jkt1sT
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#NewsAlert: "The word famine should be an anachronism. We have the means to stop it." - Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
On her visit to #Somalia and in a conversation with the Ambassador called on the international community to do more.
#SavingLives
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Yesterday, I announced that the United States will provide an additional $41 million to meet humanitarian needs in Somalia.
But I also made clear that we cannot do this alone. Others must bolster their humanitarian contributions and help save lives.
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💬#PressRelease
The Government of 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒂-𝑩𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒖 and have launched a new five-year Country Strategic Plan to achieve food security and improved nutrition.
Learn more about the plan⏭️ bitly.ws/zDgC
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Longer-term investment in recovery and sustainable resilience is key to ensure the next #climateshock does not bring Somalia back to the brink of disaster.
#SavingLives #ChangingLives
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What's happening in #Somalia?
Famine in the country has so far been kept at bay amid months and months of extreme drought, but the situation remains critical. bit.ly/3ZbRCjN
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#NewsAlert
In Asia, the cost of a healthy diet has continued to rise as food prices surged in 2021 and 2022.
What are the key driving forces?
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠👇bit.ly/3RhQUxY
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ALARMING: 12 million people in #Syria can't afford to eat – that's half the country. Food & fuel prices are skyrocketing. Inflation is soaring. These families can’t cope anymore.
After 12 years of war & utter devastation, the Syrian people deserve HOPE and a chance at survival!
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4️⃣/4️⃣: ”This contribution underscores our desire to invest in the local economies through school feeding and agriculture and stimulate community-led systems that can break the cycle of hunger and malnutrition” said 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿, American Ambassador to #SierraLeone
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3️⃣/4️⃣: The funding from will be used to provide emergency cash transfers
expand homegrown school feeding and
support agricultural efforts to strengthen people’s resilience.
Read the #PressRelease:
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2️⃣/4️⃣: “Sierra Leone imports a large quantity of its food, and Inflation has meant that people now buy fewer commodities from their income, which is increasing hunger levels.” 𝗬𝘃𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲́𝗻 country director.
check: bit.ly/3XNS8Ub
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#𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘
Wondering how a US$3.2 million United States funding is helping WFP fight food insecurity in Sierra Leone?
Check out the link bit.ly/3XNS8Ub
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🎧#𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝑼𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆
We would be happy if you can listen to our fireside conversation podcast.
latest Podcast looks at the impact of our home-based school feeding programmes in the Adamawa Region of #Cameroon.
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#𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬
Conflict + economic shocks + climate extremes +soaring fertilizer prices = A food crisis
In 2023, hunger levels are higher than ever before!
Find out more facts about the 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬
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🙏Thank you everyone for joining our #TwitterSpace on the crisis in #Haiti with
and .
Listen to the recording.
Also learn more about work in #Haiti wfp.org/countries/haiti
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Set a reminder
Join our Twitter Space this Sunday with #AlJazeera's @MaryamNemazee and @CreoleBauer to discuss the crisis in #Haiti hosted by @WFP
twitter.com/i/spaces/1mrxm3
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📌We are raising the alarm
📌Action is needed now
📌Haiti cannot wait
📌The situation for humanitarians is very difficult
describes the crisis in #Haiti on #TwitterSpace #HappeningNow.
You too can be part of this conversation. Join now.
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#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐔𝐩
Join @WFP @WFP_Haiti and @WFP_Media for
our #TwitterSpaces discussion
Topic : Crisis in #Haiti
Guests: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐞 and @CreoleBauer
Time : 9:05pm
Here is the Invite link: twitter.com/i/spaces/1mrxm
Join @WFP @WFP_Haiti and @WFP_Media for
our #TwitterSpaces discussion
Topic : Crisis in #Haiti
Guests: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐞 and @CreoleBauer
Time : 9:05pm
Here is the Invite link: twitter.com/i/spaces/1mrxm1
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#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐔𝐩
🎤Join and for
our #TwitterSpaces discussion
📌Topic : Crisis in #Haiti
⏭️Guests: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐞 and
🕘Time : 9:05pm
Here is the Invite link:
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✅Set a reminder
Join our Twitter Space this Sunday with #AlJazeera's and to discuss the crisis in #Haiti hosted by
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Got a briefing from on our projects in rural Damascus—the breadbasket for 2.5M people. With just $14M, we’re irrigating 70K acres of land across #Syria, helping families feed themselves AND, saving $50M per year in food assistance. Strategic humanitarian support!
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Lives and livelihoods are still being destroyed by the drought crisis. has already scaled up life-saving assistance to record levels; it is essential that support from the international community is sustained and expanded to enable an even stronger, cross-sectoral response.
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(1)Some moments I caught while on assignment in Somalia with @NickKristof for @nytopinion
- an unprecedented #drought & ongoing #conflict has displaced millions. 5 failed rainy seasons has wiped out pasture w/over 4 million livestock dead. #ClimateCrisis
nytimes.com/2023/01/21/opi
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#AfricaFoodSummitDakar2: Development partners came, listened, and acted! They collectively committed $30 billion towards the implementation of the Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts, over the next five years. -
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Thank you and for joining the conversation on the impact of the drought on food insecurity in the #HornOfAfrica
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Kenya has seen the worst drought in 40 years.
Five failed rainy seasons have decimated more than 2.5 million livestock across #Kenya.
I spoke to @WFP_Kenya Country Director @LaurenLandis1 @trtworld.
Full iv: youtu.be/8dg0l2AZoBQ
Documentary: youtu.be/Z8NKJWDSJAc
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