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===Digital innovation=== WFP's digital transformation centres on deploying the latest technologies and data to help achieve zero hunger. The WFP Innovation Accelerator has sourced and supported more than 60 projects spanning 45 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=WFP Innovation Accelerator |url=https://www.solutions-summit.org/programs/wfp-innovation-accelerator/info |website=solutions-summit.org |publisher=Solutions Summit |access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> In 2017, WFP launched the Building Blocks programme. It aims to distribute money-for-food assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan. The project uses blockchain technology to digitize identities and allow refugees to receive food by eye scanning.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Juskalian |first1=Russ |title=Inside the Jordan refugee camp that runs on blockchain |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/04/12/143410/inside-the-jordan-refugee-camp-that-runs-on-blockchain/ |access-date=25 November 2021 |publisher=MIT Technology Review |date=12 April 2018}}</ref> WFP's low-tech hydroponics kits allow refugees to grow barley that feed livestock in the Sahara desert.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vetter |first1=David |title=Iris Scans, Hydroponics And Blockchain: How Innovation Is Helping Fight Global Hunger |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/09/22/iris-scans-hydroponics-and-blockchain-how-innovation-is-helping-fight-global-hunger/ |access-date=9 January 2021 |work=Forbes |date=22 September 2020}}</ref> The SMP PLUS software is an AI-powered menu creation tool for school meals programmes worldwide <ref>{{cite news|title=SMP PLUS, Feeding more children with better meals |url=https://innovation.wfp.org/project/smp-plus |access-date=6 January 2023 |work=WFP}}</ref>
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