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Erratic weather and prolonged conflict take toll on Syria’s agricultural output

Extreme weather conditions during Syria's seventh year of conflict has caused domestic cereal production to decline sharply, two UN agencies announced on October 09, 2018.

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Russia supports WFP development and resilience efforts in Kyrgyzstan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$8 million from the Russian Federation to improve the food security and nutrition situation of 100,000 vulnerable smallholder farmers across the Kyrgyz Republic.

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With boundaries blurring between crime and terror, international cooperation’s vital, UN highlights

Ammunition for small arms and other unexploded ordnance, stored at a secure location in Mali, prior to their...

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River convoy reaches isolated areas in Ulang, South Sudan, saving millions of dollars on costly airdrops

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has, for the first time since civil war broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013, managed to send boats carrying humanitarian food assistance up the Sobat river, a major tributary of the White Nile.

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