Friday, September 10, 2021
In the deluge of negative headlines, of violence, and political uncertainty it is hard to see where the future will take Afghanistan. With its governance systems broken, fear and uncertainty are the common currency. Depending on how the situation evolves...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Social protection programmes that recognise the different risks faced by women and men have proven effective in increasing food security and productivity, helping to support the livelihoods of India’s rural poor. But despite efforts to address gender-...
Friday, August 13, 2021
The pandemic could have been an opportunity for India's welfare measures to shine. But poorly designed interfaces, centralisation, and lack of accountability have made access difficult, necessitating civil society organisations to step in.
Blog: The...
Thursday, July 29, 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have welcomed $127 million in support, provided by the World Bank, for an interagency...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
In the wake of depleting food stock and sluggish public procurement of foodgrains, the government has started providing cash instead of rice and wheat to implement its Test Relief and Food for Work programmes.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
BLOG: Odes Arinanye was living in abject poverty with the four children under her care in Kyaka II refugee settlement in western Uganda. The 59-year-old widow did not have a proper lighting system in her home, or a mobile phone to communicate with...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
BLOG: On December 5, 2019, the Trump Administration finalized a harmful rule that will take food assistance away from over 700,000 people struggling to find or sustain work, and require millions more to report their hours of work each week...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Since 2015, conflict in Yemen has killed and injured civilians, restricted access to basic necessities, and deprived vulnerable Yemenis of the means to support themselves. In December 2018, the UN estimated that more than 24 million people—80 percent of...
Friday, September 27, 2019
The Government of Kuwait has contributed US$ 2 million to boost FAO’s emergency agricultural interventions and improve food security and nutrition in Yemen. The Kuwaiti funding in support of FAO’s Humanitarian Response Plan...
Saturday, April 27, 2019
The Cash-for-Work (CfW) programme has no strong impact on local economic development in Jordan, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan and the German Development Institute (DIE) said in a joint statement on Saturday. ...