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Context: India signed an agreement with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) for the distribution of 50,000 MT of wheat that it has committed to sending Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian assistance.

About United Nations World Food Program

• The World Food Programme (WFP) is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations.
• It is the world's largest humanitarian organization the largest one focused on hunger and food security, and the largest provider of school meals.
• Founded in 1961, it is headquartered in Rome.
• WFP is an executive member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, a consortium of UN entities that aims to fulfil the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with a priority on achieving SDG 2 for "zero hunger" by 2030.
• The World Food Programme was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020for its efforts to provide food assistance in areas of conflict, and to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict.
• WFP operations are funded by voluntary donationsprincipally from governments of the world, and also from corporations and private donors.
• The European Union is a permanent observer in WFPand, as a major donor, participates in the work of its executive board

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