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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.
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Near real-time monitoring of food security situation in more than 90 countries set to inform better decisions.
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The five winners of the 2019 WFP Innovation Awards were announced yesterday at the annual Global Management Meeting in London.
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Yasser, a Syrian refugee in Iraq recalls his journey from longing to study to becoming a web designer through WFP’s EMPACT scheme
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The World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator was launched four years ago, building on WFP’s strong history of embracing innovation and technology to achieve Zero Hunger. Here is some of what we accomplished together in 2019.
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At a UN roundtable discussion, attendees got the chance to listen to the story of Yasser, a young Syrian refugee who fled Syria in 2011 due to the ongoing conflict, and is currently living in Iraq.
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The WFP Innovation Acccelerator and Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge are collaborating to support 25 teams working on innovative solutions to save and improve the lives of
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From growing vegetables in the desert to digital training that allows refugees to continue working wherever they are living.
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This year’s WFP Innovation Challenge sourced 714 applications from 95 countries around the world.
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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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55 innovators from around the world joined WFP in San Francisco to work alongside leading tech companies and experts.
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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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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 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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‘What I thought could be a solution for my own animals has become a solution for a whole community’