Sentences with phrase «emergency food aid»

Last week, the World Food Programme warned that emergency food aid for 7.8 million Ethiopians would run out by the end of June - a claim the government denies.

In the 2004 - 05 growing season, drought produced a catastrophic maize harvest, and five million people — more than a third of the country — needed emergency food aid.

By the end of 2008 those in need of emergency food aid had risen to 5.5 million with an alarming rise in child malnutrition.

The World Food Programme, which is now supplying emergency food aid to more than 30 countries, cut shipments as prices soared.

Congress also officially authorized the use of funds from the International Disaster Assistance account for emergency food aid, something the administration has already been doing to help populations in need, but which now had the weight of Congress behind it, said Muñoz.

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015.

Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015