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{{Short description|Food-assistance branch of the UN}}
{{Redirect|WFP}}
{{Primary sources|date=October 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| logo                = World Food Programme Logo Simple.svg
| logo_size           = 160px
| image               =
| name                = World Food Programme
| map                 =
| map_size            =
| map_caption         = The World Food Programme [[logo]] and WFP [[headquarters]] in Rome
| type                = [[Intergovernmental organization]], [[regulatory body]], [[advisory board]]
| abbreviation        = WFP
| leader_title        = Executive Director
| leader_name         = [[Cindy McCain]]
| leader_title2       = Deputy Executive Director
| leader_name2        = Carl Skau
| status              = Active
| formation           = {{start date and age|19 December 1961|paren=yes}}
| headquarters        = [[Rome]], Italy
| staff               = 22,300+<ref>{{cite web |title=WFP at a glance |url=https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-glance |publisher=World Food Programme |access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
| staff_year          = 2023
| awards              = [[Nobel Peace Prize]] ([[Nobel Peace Prize 2020|2020]])
| website             = [https://www.wfp.org wfp.org]
| parent_organization = [[United Nations General Assembly]]
| subsidiaries        = 
| footnotes           = {{portal-inline|Politics|size=tiny}}
}}
[[File:WFP World Food Programme sack Gaza strip.jpg|thumb|Empty sack of the World Food Programme]]
The '''World Food Programme'''{{efn|{{langx|fr|Programme alimentaire mondial}}; {{langx|it|Programma alimentare mondiale}}; {{langx|es|Programa Mundial de Alimentos}}; {{langx|ar|برنامج الأغذية العالمي|translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami}}; {{langx|ru|Всемирная продовольственная программа|translit=Vsemirnaya prodovol'stvennaya programma}}; {{lang-zh |s = 世界粮食计划署 |p = Shìjiè Liángshí Jìhuà Shǔ }}}} ('''WFP''') is an [[international organization]] within the [[United Nations]] that provides [[aid|food assistance]] worldwide. It is the world's largest [[humanitarian]] organization<ref>{{Cite web |title=WFP: $6.8bn needed in six months to avert famine amid COVID-19|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/13/wfp-6-8bn-needed-in-six-months-to-avert-famine-amid-covid-19|access-date=2020-10-15|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Church of Jesus Christ Gives US$32 Million to the World Food Programme|url=https://www.newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-of-jesus-christ-32-million-world-food-programme|date=31 May 2022 |access-date=2022-10-10|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org/|language=en}}</ref> and the leading provider of school meals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Novo Nordisk Foundation and World Food Programme launch partnership to improve food systems in Rwanda and Uganda|url=https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/novo-nordisk-foundation-and-world-food-programme-launch-partnership-to-improve-food-systems-in-rwanda-and-uganda-301643929.html|date=31 May 2022 |access-date=2022-10-10|website=www.prnewswire.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Founded in 1961, WFP is headquartered in [[Rome]] and has offices in 87 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where we work {{!}} World Food Programme |url=https://www.wfp.org/countries#:~:text=The%20World%20Food%20Programme%20(WFP,over%20120%20countries%20and%20territories. |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.wfp.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2023 it supported over 152 million people,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=WFP Annual Performance Report for 2023 |url=https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000159843/download/?_ga=2.69383573.409371170.1727453130-1819321178.1727453130 |access-date=27 September 2024 |website=WFP}}</ref> and it is present in more than 120 countries and territories.<ref>{{cite web |author = WFP |title = Who we are |url = https://www.wfp.org/who-we-are |access-date= 6 October 2022|website=WFP}}</ref>

In addition to emergency food relief, WFP offers technical and development assistance, such as building capacity for emergency preparedness and response, managing supply chains and logistics, promoting [[Social safety net|social safety programs]], and strengthening resilience against [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=How scientists predict famine before it hits|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220525-how-scientists-predict-famine-before-it-hits|date=31 May 2022 |access-date=2022-10-10|website=BBC News|language=en}}</ref> It is also a major provider of direct cash assistance, and provides passenger services for humanitarian workers through its management of the [[United Nations Humanitarian Air Service]] (UNHAS).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=WFP: $6.8bn needed in six months to avert famine amid COVID-19|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/13/wfp-6-8bn-needed-in-six-months-to-avert-famine-amid-covid-19|access-date=2020-10-15|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Afp|date=2020-10-09|title=World Food Programme {{!}} Five things to know about 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world-food-programme-five-things-to-know-about-2020-nobel-peace-prize-winner/article32813515.ece|access-date=2020-10-15|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

WFP is an executive member of the [[United Nations Sustainable Development Group]],<ref>
The organization has been awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] 2020 for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict
[http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=23 Executive Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511150052/http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=23|date=11 May 2011}}. Undg.org. Retrieved on 15 January 2012
</ref> a consortium of UN entities that aims to fulfil the 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDG), with a priority to achieve [[Sustainable Development Goal 2|SDG 2]], "zero hunger", by 2030.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Zero Hunger|url=https://www.wfp.org/zero-hunger|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009110708/https://www.wfp.org/zero-hunger|archive-date=9 October 2020|access-date=10 October 2020|website=World Food Program}}</ref>

The World Food Programme was awarded the [[2020 Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Peace Prize in 2020]] for its efforts to provide food assistance in areas of conflict and to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Specia|first1=Megan|last2=Stevis-Gridneff|first2=Matina|date=2020-10-09|title=World Food Program Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Work During Pandemic|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/world/2020-nobel-peace-prize.html|access-date=2020-10-10|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011161012/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/world/2020-nobel-peace-prize.html|url-status=live}}</ref>