AgribusinessWith attacks on Black Sea shipping up fourfold, Ukraine's grain exports are 29 percent below last season and more than 9 million tonnes may lack storage by November. Combined with fuel and fertiliser disruption through Hormuz, food security from Egypt to Yemen is at risk.
WorldWFP needs $40 million to keep feeding refugees who fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to raise rations from 45 to 100 percent of minimum needs through September 2027.
HealthFood minister Afroza Khanam sought support for research on the fortified rice handed out in about 300 upazilas, and technical help with rules to keep stored government rice in good condition.
WorldFood kits of fortified rice, black beans, oil and supplementary food, supplied through USDA's Food for Peace programme, will go to families in five departments facing rising acute food insecurity.
The largest private investment yet in WFP's anticipatory action will fund pre-crisis cash transfers, early warning and forecasting across 22 high-risk countries, as WFP projects the current El Niño, potentially among the strongest on record, could push 49 million people into acute food insecurity
