#world food program

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[dontforgetukraine]

October 16th marks World Food Day.

It is not the first time Russia has weaponized food as a means of control and aggression (ex: Holodomor). In Ukraine's fight against Russia's war, it has become an unprecedented guarantee of food security for the world through the "Grain from Ukraine" program. This grain is distributed by the UN's World Food Program to recipient countries suffering food shortages. This is all while Russia shells grain terminals, blockades Ukrainian ships, and wages its aggression towards farmers in its war. Remember, much of the agricultural land is contaminated with mines and other unexploded ordnance.

In order to maintain food security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has listed what it will take.

Full and safe navigation in the Black and Azov seas.

Restoration of Ukraine's sovereign control over its ports.

Establishment of new ports

Expansion of the assortment of Ukrainian goods transported by seas.

Security guarantees are not just important for Ukraine, but for the entire world. Already Ukraine has delivered 228,960 tons of agricultural products to:

Somalia

Ethiopia

Kenya

Yemen

Mauritania

Nigeria

Sudan

Djibouti

Mozambique

the Democratic Republic of Congo

Palestine

Supporting Ukraine means supporting the world. History has already seen Russia weaponize food. Russia's war shows it is doing so again right now. If we fail to support Ukraine, don't be surprised if Russia chooses to manipulate countries that need Ukrainian grain.

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The Trump administration has effectively handed a death sentence to literally millions of people, by cutting off aid they depended on for survival.

Why?

According to the Associated Press:

The projects were being canceled “for the convenience of the U.S. Government” at the direction of Jeremy Lewin, a top lieutenant at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency who was appointed to oversee the elimination of USAID programs, according to termination notices sent to partners and viewed by the AP.

(Emphasis mine.)

The types of aid that were cut include emergency food assistance, the treatment of severely malnourished babies, lifesaving medical care, safe drinking water, and emergency mental health treatment for survivors of sexual and physical violence.

The article goes on to say:

The U.S. and other donors long have seen efforts to ease humanitarian crises as being in their strategic interest by stemming mass migration, conflicts and extremism, which struggles for resources can bring.

WFP chief Cindy McCain said in a posting on social media that the cuts “undermine global stability.”

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How Africa's Great Green Wall is Solving an Ancient Conflict

Solutions:

The Great Green Wall in the Sahel area of Africa is leading to some great ends.

With the Sahara Desert growing South of its normal regions, a UN/World Food Program started planting trees & half moon garden ponds to restore a better ecosystem.

But, the early part of this project led to some problems due to a desperate grab at the remaining resources - as herder animals overgrazed on newly growing crops.

Luckily, the UN personnel came up with a solution: an agreement to create good will & cooperation - thru shared benefits.

Special ditches were dug to serve as a border between herders & farmers.

Both sides honored the new border, allowing the farmers' sprouts to grow to their full potential.

Corridors were made, leading to large pastoral ponds that only the herders could use.

And controlled grazing helped fertilize the farm soils.

Using land reclamation techniques, in two years more resources were created & the abundant animal fodder was sold to the herders.

But, the benefits didn't stop there.

The improved landscape cleared the sand from the air, built seed banks for new plantings, replenished the local water tables & the mature sites began to support fish ponds - leading to more protein being available...

Best of all, it inspired new confidence & cooperation - even stabilizing the local society & culture.

Both groups now coexist & rely on each other - trading seed & grain for milk & meat.

So how was all this accomplished?

The Great Green Wall project creates half-moon pools, planting acacias (a fast growing thorny shrub & tree) known as 'pioneer' plants.

As grass grows, insects & birds start coming back, performing their natural roles.

The water percolates down into the shallow water table, moving down- stream to moisten more land.

It creates wetlands & stores up enough of itself to survive the long dry season.

This causes it to spread further along the region, watering underground seeds that sprout new greenery.

In time, the abundance of water allows for more mature food production - in large fish ponds which self fertilize new water plants & a more diversified food system.

Protein which benefits the locality well.

But, the full 'conclusion' of the Great Green Wall still lies in the future - if it can truly stop the Sahara's continued growth...

Never the End!!

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Article here

"Inspector general examining two top WFP officials in Sudan -sources

Investigators looking at whether staff hid alleged role of Sudan’s army in blocking food aid

Probe also investigating disappearance of fuel supplies in Sudan

WFP, USAID confirm investigation of Sudan operation is under way

Famine watchdog IPC says 25 million facing food crisis in Sudan"

-via Reuters, August 28, 2024

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With Bakeries and Kitchens All But Shut Down, Desperate Hunger Engulfs Gaza

Prices for essential goods are skyrocketing, 60,000 children are at risk of malnutrition, and people are foraging and scraping for food.

Hamza M.Salha at Drop Site News:

JABALIYA, GAZA STRIP—Mohammad Sobeh lives in a wheelchair. He has been displaced multiple times, and he resides in a tent. He is exhausted. But the biggest challenge the 45-year-old faces right now in Gaza is hunger. “The markets are empty. There’s no flour, and when there is, it’s sold at prices I could never afford,” Sobeh told Drop Site News as he sat on the side of the road in Jabaliya, watching passersby. “The worst feeling in the world is watching your child cry from hunger, and you can’t even give them a piece of bread.” For more than a month, Israel has cut off all food, fuel, medicine, and other supplies to Gaza—the longest closure during the 18-month siege. Along with everything else, food is quite simply running out. On April 1, due to a lack of flour and cooking gas, the World Food Program (WFP) announced that it was shutting down all of its bakeries, cutting off one of the main sources of bread for hundreds of thousands of people. At the same time, the Head of the Bakery Owners Association in Gaza, Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, announced that all bakeries in Gaza had shut down—also due to shortages of flour and diesel fuel. More recently, the WFP warned its kitchens might have to shut down by next week as supplies have depleted, having already stopped distributing boxes of staple foods to families last week. Like nearly the entire population of Gaza, Sobeh was forcibly displaced after his home in Beit Lahia was destroyed by the Israeli military at the onset of the war. He and his family sought refuge in the Zaid School in Beit Lahia. On March 22, four days after Israel resumed its scorched earth assault on Gaza, Israeli military vehicles approached the school and opened fire, forcing hundreds of families seeking shelter to flee in panic. “The occupation doesn’t differentiate between a home, a school, or a hospital,” Sobeh said.

[...] On Wednesday, the health ministry in Gaza said that 60,000 children are at risk of serious health complications due to malnutrition. Meanwhile, over the past two weeks, the Israeli military has bombed several charity kitchens—where Palestinians crowd to receive cooked meals—including one on Monday outside of Khan Younis, killing seven people, including three children. In a joint statement on Monday, the heads of six UN agencies said, “More than 2.1 million people are trapped, bombed and starved again.” The statement added, “[w]ith the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza now in its second month, we appeal to world leaders to act – firmly, urgently and decisively – to ensure the basic principles of international humanitarian law are upheld.”"

[...] As bakeries shut down, Nasr went from distributing fifteen to twenty bundles a day to nearly ninety a day. He sourced flour from people with extra bags or from hoarders who sold at double the price. While the price of one bread bundle has risen to fourteen shekels, Nasr continues to sell it for five shekels, though the entire project is always at risk of shutting down.

Bakeries and kitchens are all but shut down in Gaza due to the World Food Programme halting operations due to a lack of flour and cooking gas.

[faggotfungus]

Freerice is an educational trivia game that provides 10 grains of rice to the UN World Food Programme with every correct answer.

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