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WFP says funding shortfall forces it to cut food aid to 1 mn people in Myanmar

The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said on Friday. "More than one million people in Myanmar will be cut off from WFP's lifesaving food assistance starting in April due to critical funding shortfalls,

The Associated Press on MSN · 3h

UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar

The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.

Reuters on MSN · 3h

UN's food agency WFP to cut aid for about a million people in Myanmar

More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from lifesaving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the latest cut in humanitarian support from the UN agency.

USDA ends 2 local food programs

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

USDA Ends Program That Helped Schools Serve Food From Local Farmers

The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers

USA Today · 4h

USDA cuts $10.6 million from Kansas for local produce at schools and food banks

President Donald Trump's administration cut USDA funding to Kansas to help schools get local meats and food banks get fresh fruits and vegetables.

U.S. News & World Report · 21h

US Senators to Urge USDA to Reinstate Canceled Local Food Programs

The cancellation of the local food purchasing programs is the latest blow to farmers from the Trump administration's actions to slash government spending and staff. Farmers have already seen grants frozen by USDA,

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World Food Programme closes southern Africa office after US aid cuts

The decision comes amid widespread drought throughout the region, as well as an increasingly fraught war in the Democratic ...

UN secretary-general arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya refugee camps and push for aid

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit to review the situation of more than 1 ...

The Straits Times1mon

US lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme

WASHINGTON-The US has lifted a pause on food donations, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog on Feb 10 warned had left 500,000 tonnes of food ...

The Associated Press on MSN10d

UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of ...

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