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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.

55 innovators from around the world joined WFP in San Francisco to work alongside leading tech companies and experts.

In the desert slums of Lima, Peru, where conditions are harsh and water scarce, Merly struggled to provide nutritious food to her children. In 2016, eager to provide her children with a better…

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. "I believe we can get there,…

The WFP Innovation Accelerator has launched the 2019 Innovation Challenge, inviting innovators from around the world to submit out-of-the-box proposals to end hunger.

‘What I thought could be a solution for my own animals has become a solution for a whole community’

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.

Staying at the forefront of technology to meet people’s needs

WFP and UNFPA supported eight teams designing, prototyping and testing bold solutions to help accelerate universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

The World Food Programme is using hydroponics to empower women and create a hunger-free world by 2030

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 to…

Experimenting with a new technology isn’t always easy, particularly within large organizations. One of the most powerful aspects of working within a UN agency is that we find ourselves part of a…

South Sudanese refugee turned professional photographer inspires more refugees in Uganda through the World Food Programme (WFP) Storytellers project  

I am Sawyedollah, a WFP Storyteller and Rohingya refugee. 

Bootcamp on water and sanitation promoted by six innovation leaders from 3 to 7 June 2019  

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

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 Global…

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 (UNIN) and…

Looking back at using advanced analytics for flood response in Congo

In Lebanon, women have regained hope and confidence at a digital skills training offered by the World Food Programme.