Items Tagged with 'World Food Programme'

After five years as executive director of the World Food Programme, David Beasley says he will step down in April when his term expires.

As ships filled with Ukrainian grain leave Odesa ports for the first time in five months, the Ukrainian ag sector is cautiously optimistic that trade will save farmers, and the United Nations is hoping to see food prices drop for the neediest countries.

Former Sen. Bob Dole, who is 97, starts treatment on Monday for stage four lung cancer. “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead. I also know that I join millions of Americans who face significant health challenges of their own,” Dole said in a statement he posted Thursday.

Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator, discusses the different types of innovations that are needed to insure global food assistance programs remain open and running.