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 66/100
"The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD120,000 (NAD 1.97 million) contribution from the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil to help improve food security and production, strengthen livelihoods, improve nutrition, and build resilient food systems across Namibia"
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