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World Food Day 2018: Our Actions are Our Future. A #ZeroHunger and #Nutritious Sri Lanka by 2030 is possible

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) kicked off World Food Day 2018 on October 16 under the patronage of His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Democratic Socialist Republic of...

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Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact

Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations signed a landmark commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals on October 16, 2018...

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Investing in rural women and girls, ‘essential’ for everyone’s future: UN chief

The poorest and most vulnerable people in Rwanda have benefited from the “Green Village”...

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Food costs should cause 'shock and outrage' as countries in conflict see spiralling prices

Fresh research by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), released to coincide with World Food Day, shows food becoming ever less affordable in countries in conflict or subject to political instability. In dozens more countries, persistently...

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