WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil

WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil

Challenge Despite progress to date in reducing hunger in developing countries, 11.3 per cent of the world’s population remains hungry. Roughly 805 million people around the world go undernourished. Approximately 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient...
WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil

School Feeding

Challenge It is estimated that some 66 million primary-school-age children go hungry every day, with 23 million hungry children in Africa alone. Some 80 per cent of these 66 million children are concentrated within 20 countries. Additionally, 75 million school-age...
Knowledge-sharing on Census

Knowledge-sharing on Census

Challenge Not all developing countries have the resources and human capital to conduct a national representative census or high-quality data-gathering on their population. However, a few Southern countries have successful experiences and are well equipped to share and...