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Brazil contributed USD120,000 to WFP to improve food security and resilient food systems in Namibia, expected to benefit more than 1,000 people.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because export bans, war-blocked shipping lanes and drought are keeping bread and rice prices high and leaving near-record numbers of people in acute hunger, especially across Africa and the Middle East.
Part of the monitored dynamic Global Grain Security · VUCA INDEX 60/100
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