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7 ways WFP is innovating to reach zero hunger
From growing vegetables in the desert to digital training that allows refugees to continue working wherever they are living.
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The results of the 2019 WFP Innovation Challenge, explained
This year’s WFP Innovation Challenge sourced 714 applications from 95 countries around the world.
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Stimulating demand for life-saving vaccinations in Tanzania
WFP Innovation and the Gates Foundation are partnering to bring 10 global teams to Tanzania for a high-intensity Innovation Bootcamp.
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WFP partners with Silicon Valley to disrupt hunger
55 innovators from around the world joined WFP in San Francisco to work alongside leading tech companies and experts.
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You can innovate for gender equality to help end hunger
In the desert slums of Lima, Peru, where conditions are harsh and water scarce, Merly struggled to provide nutritious food to her children.
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The UN World Food Program is looking for a unicorn to help end hunger by 2030
When asked about the likelihood of achieving the UN's goal of ending world hunger by 2030, Kowatsch displayed the optimism characteristic of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
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The Innovation Accelerator wants your boldest ideas to disrupt hunger
The WFP Innovation Accelerator has launched the 2019 Innovation Challenge, inviting innovators from around the world to submit out-of-the-box proposal
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How I grew barley in the desert
‘What I thought could be a solution for my own animals has become a solution for a whole community’
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5 lessons learned from the WFP Innovation Accelerator Year in Review
As we enter the fourth year of the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator, we wanted to reflect on our most important key metric — impact.
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WFP innovations bring efficiencies to refugees in Kenya
Staying at the forefront of technology to meet people’s needs
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Accelerating innovation to improve family planning
WFP and UNFPA supported eight teams designing, prototyping and testing bold solutions to help accelerate universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Growing plants without soil in Sudan
The World Food Programme is using hydroponics to empower women and create a hunger-free world by 2030
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WFP and UNFPA join forces with 8 teams to innovate Family Planning
The Innovation Fund at UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in collaboration with the World Food Programme’s Innovation Accelerator, is inviting innovators who can help address the challenge
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Blockchain collaboration Across the UN
Experimenting with a new technology isn’t always easy, particularly within large organizations.
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‘Photography became my blood’
South Sudanese refugee turned professional photographer inspires more refugees in Uganda through the World Food Programme (WFP) Storytellers project  
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Being a refugee is not easy
I am Sawyedollah, a WFP Storyteller and Rohingya refugee. 
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How these 8 teams will tackle water and sanitation problems with digital innovation
Bootcamp on water and sanitation promoted by six innovation leaders from 3 to 7 June 2019  
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Second chances through Global Learning XPRIZE
World Food Programme (WFP) teams up with XPRIZE to provide 2,700 children in Tanzania with education software as part of a US$15 million global competition
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WFP and Cargill team up with these 8 Innovative Teams to #disrupthunger
Following more than 900 applications received from around the world, WFP's Innovation Accelerator, with the support of Cargill, has identified the 8 most promising teams from February's <
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How the UN Innovation Network seeks to #AccelerateSDGs with innovation
For the first time, innovators from 11 United Nations entities will come together to participate in the first Interagency Innovation Bootcamp, jointly hosted by the UN Innovation Network
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A flood of insights
Looking back at using advanced analytics for flood response in Congo
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They clicked on a link. You won’t believe what happened next.
In Lebanon, women have regained hope and confidence at a digital skills training offered by the World Food Programme.
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Innovating to build the capacity of Senegalese school canteens
WFP Senegal has developed the Nutrifami application to strengthen cooks' and canteen managers' capacities on healthy and nutritious food.
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Tanzania
WFP’s first field innovation hub was established in Tanzania in 2017.
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821 million reasons bootcamp teams will disrupt hunger
821 million. That’s the number of people going to bed hungry every day.
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WFP and Cargill Call for Bold Solutions to End Hunger
(MUNICH/MINNEAPOLIS) 4 February 2019 — The World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator and Cargill announce a call for applications for the Global Innovation Challenge for Zero Hunger, runnin
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WFP Storytellers to compete in Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year
The World Food Programme (WFP) and Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year are jointly launching the first ever WF
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H2Grow
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Scale: A look towards the future & what's possible
Scale. No, not the instrument for weighing or the outer skin of a fish.
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Repeat: A look through the adaptation process
Lather, rinse, repeat. Some of you may recognize these standard instructions, which appear on the backs of many shampoo bottles.
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