Overview

• India’s Department of Food and Public Distribution signed a Letter of Intent with the World Food Programme to facilitate supply of fortified rice for crisis-hit populations.
• WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau said the agency plans to conclude a memorandum of understanding during his visit to secure predictable procurement.
• Western and OECD contributions to WFP have fallen by roughly 40 percent, increasing reliance on emerging suppliers and cost-saving partnerships.
• WFP is drawing on India’s practical models such as rice fortification, grain ATMs and smart warehousing, reporting about USD 30 million in supply-chain savings already deployed in crises like Ethiopia and Sudan.
• Operational constraints persist in conflict zones, with WFP assisting about one million people a month in Gaza on roughly 100 trucks per day—well below requirements—and famine has been declared in parts of the territory.