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The Innovation Accelerator is holding its first-ever WFP (SDG 2)-focused virtual bootcamp, this time with the support of USAID.
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We are proud to work with Google AI on a Machine Learning approach to satellite image analysis for building damage assessment, which has the potential to greatly reduce the time needed for crisis w
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WFP’s EMPACT digital livelihoods project has collected a list of free online courses to help you learn during COVID-19
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The Atrium is a platform to boost learning, collaboration and conversation about blockchain among the United Nations community.
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We sat down with Singularity University to discuss how WFP is implementing creative, tech-driven solutions to food supply chain, production, and delivery systems—and how innovative startups and ind
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WFP is leading the charge on two breakthrough digital solutions as part of a bold effort to enhance the wider UN system.
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WFP innovators and entrepreneurs are pivoting their projects to address challenges posed by the global pandemic
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We sat down with World Food Program USA's Hacking Hunger podcast to discuss how innovation can help solve hunger during a pand
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Our partner Singularity University wrote a blog about how we're harnessing tech and innovation to help solve the world’s most urgent challenges.
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WFP supports three new innovations to transform grain storage and distribution
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Innovations scaling up with the support of the WFP Innovation Accelerator reached 1.4 million people in 2019.
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New system serving 46,000 people in Cox’s Bazar is empowering women and helping families maintain social distancing
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Food Matters Live Podcast: Hila Cohen, Head of Business Development at the WFP Innovation Accelerator explains how we support entrepreneurs and startups working towards ending hunger.
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In 2019, we marked our fourth year together at the WFP Innovation Accelerator—a year full of impact, growth and partnerships.
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Chief economist Arif Husain explains how cutting-edge tech is supporting assistance by agency and wider humanitarian community
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Amid Coronavirus concerns, WFP and UNHCR joined forces this month for our first-ever virtual innovation bootcamp.
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Five teams are coming together virtually to develop digital solutions to streamline how United Nations agencies work.
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ShareTheMeal’s global community shares more than 50 million meals with hungry people across the world
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Nine of the best ideas from WFP's 2019 Innovation Challenge have been invited to attend the WFP Innovation Accelerator’s Innovation Bootcamp, 10–14 February 2020 in Munich, Germany.
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A flood-hazard model created by WFP and partners is helping people in Mozambique prepare for climate shocks
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Working for multinationals from their refuge in Dadaab
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In Lebanon, a U.N. pilot program is trying to use technology and digital innovations to provide food for hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
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To combat food shortages, the U.N. World Food Program is using technologies like iris scans to track refugee spending habits and hydroponics to grow livestock feed.
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A promising harvest from the thirsty plains of Northern Kenya.