In January, main-season cereals are in vegetative to reproductive stages, but crop conditions are mixed due to variations in rainfall across the region. The start of the harvest season in March and April is expected to improve access to staple food crops for poor households across southern Africa. In surplus-producing areas of Zimbabwe, Malawi's central and northern regions, and much of DRC and Mozambique, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) and Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes are expected. However, some households in Rutshuru and Djugu, DRC, are experiencing significant food consumption gaps and are likely in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) due to the impact of the conflict. A timely reflection from a true leader in the field'.As the lean season peaks across the region, Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are present across typically deficit-producing areas of Zimbabwe and Lesotho, southern parts of Malawi, southwestern Angola, conflict-affected areas of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, and in Kasai, Maniema, Tanganyika, Ituri, and North and South Kivu in the DRC. John Shaw's latest book is a brilliant account of the architecture of global institutions: how they are born, how they are transformed, and how they influence our efforts to tackle food security. 'A fascinating account of an institution that has shaped the way we define and engage in humanitarian relief. John Shaw's authoritative book chronicles the new maturity of the world's essential instrument for tackling hunger.' -Simon Maxwell CBE, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute WFP is the provider of last resort, but also works with developing country Governments to strengthen safety nets and improve social protection. No longer concerned only with shipping commodities from rich countries to poor ones, WFP is becoming an agency which often buys food locally and increasingly helps poor people not with food parcels but with jobs, food vouchers or even electronic transfers to mobile phones. Under the inspired leadership of Josette Sheeran, WFP is undergoing the latest and most remarkable transformation of all: from an agency which deals in food aid to one which focuses on tackling hunger, wherever it may be, and with whatever tool suits best. 'John Shaw deploys all his great experience and familiarity with the history in describing the great transitions through which WFP has passed. This book serves as a magisterial and important reminder of that history and the role played by the World Food Programme within it.' -Paul Harvey, Humanitarian Outcomes 'In an industry necessarily focused on saving lives in the short term it's easy to lose sight of the rich history of humanitarian response. Once again, John Shaw has shown his ability to combine meticulous documentation with a lively well-written story, full of important lessons for UN reform and success.' - Professor Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex 'Is the UN an outdated, unchanging, ineffectual backwater? Brilliantly timed for its 50th anniversary, this fascinating account traces how WFP has transformed itself from its food aid origins to become the world's largest humanitarian agency, focused on food security and food assistance. Shaw's meticulous research has created a truly definitive text.' - Peter Walker, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, USA This meticulous history and analysis of WFP today is essential reading for aid workers, donor institutions and host governments alike. 'If you work in humanitarian crises, you know about the WFP, or you think you do.
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