📢 Reminder: Access to sufficient AND nutritious food is a human right.

🔄 Help us spread the word.

Imagine fertile soil in a dry desert continental climate.

These lands in Deir Ezzor, #Syria are suffering from salination amongst many challenges.

Watch this farmer explain how World Food Programme is taking action.

Is there a link between water availability & food insecurity?

🎥 This is a reminder of the importance of resilience projects supporting efficient water use in the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica region and around the world to support food systems.

#Rafah : Our main warehouse is now inaccessible. No aid has entered from southern crossings in 2 days. Thousands of ppl are on the move. Only 1 bakery is still working. Supplies of food & fuel in #Gaza will only last 1-3 days. Without them, our operations will go into standstill.

'I have just concluded a two-day visit to Lebanon where I visited WFP operations and got first-hand insights and accounts of the challenges faced by vulnerable communities'

~ World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau shared a statement after his visit to #Lebanon .

By providing school meals to over 100k children in Lebanon, World Food Programme boosts nutrition, education, the local economy, and women's empowerment 🇱🇧. Great to visit Beirut today and meet with MEHE_Lebanon and some of the people we serve. Wish we could support even more schools.

Why does World Food Programme prioritize cash-based assistance to affected communities in the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica ?

💪To give people control over what to purchase
📈Boost the local economy
🍲Reduce the need for food assistance

🎥 Cash assistance is a vital lifeline.

What's the main driver of hunger around the world?

It's conflict.

Where there is conflict, there is hunger. And where there is hunger, there is often conflict.

Peace and food security go hand-in-hand.

Achieving global food security requires more than just immediate humanitarian assistance.

It's about making food accessible, available, and affordable for all, everywhere.

WFP supports stronger, more resilient, and inclusive #FoodSystems around the world. 🌏🌎🌍

Growing more 🌱 with less 💧 = Climate-smart agriculture

➡️ Hydroponics is a fast, soilless cultivation technique that enables plant growth all year round.

World Food Programme uses hydroponics to help smallholder farmers grow food with 95% less water.

Humanitarian...

👥workers
🚙vehicles
🏢offices
🏭warehouses
📦supplies

...are #NotATarget .

Raise your hand 🙋‍♀️ if you think girls can

👑run the world

🙅‍♀️break stereotypes

🚀be anything they want

🍲help us achieve #ZeroHunger

Helping young girls stay in school paves the way to gender equality and a brighter future for all.

🛎 Access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food is a human right.

For everyone, everywhere.

Think about what you ate today 🥐🍏🥗🥪

Where did your food come from?

In simple terms, #FoodSystems are the paths that food travels from production to plate. 🎦👇

As the #ClimateCrisis tightens its grip, hunger is on the rise.

📍 In many parts of the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica , against a backdrop of conflict & economic instability, food insecurity is rapidly worsening, affecting the most vulnerable.

Here’s what that means ⬇️

🚨The #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica region is experiencing a major food security crisis.

World Food Programme is targeting over 30 million people across the region with food & nutrition assistance & other interventions to increase their resilience against shocks.

📣 But the needs are immense.

🌱Empowering women for a brighter future. 🌳

World Food Programme is tailoring policies and approaches to help women across the region to thrive.

Through training sessions, women like Hayat in #Lebanon are gaining vital skills to help them set up small businesses in their communities.