The logistical challenge of working in a landlocked region nearly as big as France – with poor infrastructure and barely functioning local authorities – was about to get much worse.

Facts, figures and the latest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.

IFPRI invites nominations highlighting interventions that have had a significant impact on food security. The Millions Fed initiative will facilitate improved agricultural development policy and investment decisions by documenting evidence on the policies, programs, and investments in agricultural development that have substantially reduced hunger and poverty.

WFP announced today that it is launching an emergency food operation to help 580,000 vulnerable people during the bitterly cold season in Kyrgyzstan – many of whom have felt the impact of a combination of high food prices and a fall in remittances from expatriates working abroad.

IFPRI Discussion Paper by Jere R. Behrman, John Hoddinott, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Emily L. Behrman, Reynaldo Martorell, Manuel Ramírez-Zea, and Aryeh D. Stein.

IFPRI Discussion Paper by Jordan Chamberlin.

Despite persistent insecurity and heavy rains affecting road conditions, WFP is continuing to build on its delivery of food assistance to around 400,000 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

WFP is calling on all sectors of society to fight world hunger by posting their picture on a virtual web wall and to make a donation towards free meals for some of the 59 million children around the world who go to school hungry.

WFP and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a joint initiative with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to help provide poor rural farmers with financial protection following natural hazard events.

New policy brief examines recent evidence that sheds new light on the optimal timing of interventions to improve child nutrition and the long-term effects of such interventions.