July 23, 2023 16:43 pm
KATHMANDU, July 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Rome, Italy. The Prime Minister reached Rome at 7.30 Italy time leading a Nepali delegation to attend the United Nations Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) to be held there from 24 to 26 July 2023.
March 6, 2023 21:02 pm
KATHMANDU, March 6: Consumer rights activists have demanded the government to probe over the issue of substandard rice that the government has received under the World Food Program of the United Nations to distribute to school-going children in five remote districts of Nepal.
December 3, 2021 15:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: The Government of Nepal, the British Embassy, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today inaugurated a new Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) in Birgunj, Province 2, as part of the continued effort in strengthening the country’s emergency preparedness and response capacity.
December 4, 2020 16:04 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: The United Kingdom government has contributed £4.49 million (equivalent to Rs 678 million) to the World Food Program (WFP) help some of Nepal’s most vulnerable people cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and provide food security and nutrition recovery support for their families.
April 21, 2020 16:05 pm
GENEVA, April 21:The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
December 19, 2018 10:22 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The Government of Japan has decided to earmark assistance of USD 500,000 to support the activities of the World Food Program (WFP), Nepal.
October 16, 2018 21:00 pm
ROME, Oct 16: 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.
March 24, 2018 03:16 am
KATHMANDU, March 23: A report published by the World Food Programme (WFP) has shown that improving roads and trails in mountainous regions of Nepal can improve food security and nutrition for the rural communities of remote areas.
March 23, 2018 17:23 pm
KATHMANDU, March 23: Improving roads and trails in mountainous regions of Nepal can improve food security and nutrition for remote rural communities, according to recent WFP research carried out in partnership with national and international experts.
October 25, 2016 00:10 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID) has donated British Pound 1.5 million to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) for trail reconstruction for boosting food security and development.
October 24, 2016 13:47 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 24: The Department for International Development (DFID) has contributed GBP 1.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for post-earthquake reconstruction work.
July 21, 2016 01:40 am
KATHAMNDU, July 21: The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has welcomed Korea International Cooperation Agency's (KOICA) contribution of US$2 million, which is half the amount of a multi-year contribution, to the Saemaul Zero Hunger Communities Project in Nepal.