WFP, Myanmar and World Food

UN's Food Agency WFP to Cut Aid for About a Million in Myanmar
(Reuters) - The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday more than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from its lifesaving food assistance, starting from April, because of critical shortfalls in funding.
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,
Funding cuts force WFP to stop food aid to Myanmar
Funding shortfalls will require a cut in monthly food vouchers in the camps from $12.50 to $6.00 per person at the camps, the WFP announced this month. The cuts inside Myanmar will come just ahead of the "lean season" between the planting and harvesting of rice, maize and vegetables, which lasts from July to September.
Myanmar Faces Deepening Food Crisis As WFP Halts Aid For Over A Million
More than a million people in Myanmar will lose access to life-saving food assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) next month due to severe funding shortages. The cuts come at a time when conflict, displacement, and access restrictions are worsening the country’s food crisis, WFP warned on Friday.
Food Crisis Looms: WFP Faces Funding Crisis in Myanmar
Over a million people in Myanmar risk losing food aid as the World Food Programme faces funding shortages. Conflict and displacement have increased food insecurity, affecting millions. With critical funding gaps,
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 United Nations' food agency said on Friday.
UN World Food Programme to cut food aid to more than one million in Myanmar
The WFP said it would need £46 million to continue food assistance in Myanmar and called on its partners to identify additional funding.
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