deliries from the wfp once a month. this time it's wheat and oil.ut he says he can't afford fresh fo, like proce or dairy products, because prices have soared. the situation is taking its toll. ibrahim's limbs have grown bony. his family is in the grips of severe malnutrition. his three young grandchildren rely onutritionasupplement from the wfp to get by. ibrahim said he appreciates the help, t he nee more. >> reporter: symington wns the situation is growing even more serious. she says it will have a long-lasting impact on the chilen of yemebut she believes nobel wicould ma a dierence. >> we hope that this will reshine a spotlight on crises like yemen and draw the necessary awareness to situations like yemen. >> reporter: symington and her colleagues are hoping that will tranate intoore fundinfrom the ternationacommunity to help feed the growing number of people going hungry before it's too late. >>> japan's worldwide fund for nature has come up with a timetable it hopes the government will use to achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. the

as i understand it, you've said that the wfp needs $15 billion next year.$15 billion? no. no, this year, we will receive about eight—point—some—odd billion. and we were able to avert famine, destabilisation and mass migration with those funds, but the numbers will double next year. we need $15 billion. we need $5 billionjust to avert famine in the countries that i was referring to. so i don't expect we will get the $15 billion, but we have to get $10—to—$12 billion to really prevent notjust famine, but destabilisation and mass migration. otherwise, it's going to be a lot more expensive when you go after the fact versus prevention. let's talk specifically about certain challenges that are at the top of your list. i know the world food programme has grave concerns about what is happening in yemen. i've seen you talk about imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for many decades with regard to yemen. do you think that the key players in that country — i'm notjust thinking of the various authorities there are inside the country but those countrie

and one of the poorest in latin america. 7 of 10 nicaraguans work in agriculture, according to the wfpry live in poverty. in the aftermath of the hurricanes, the world food program delivered more than 220 metric tons of food to the hardest-hit areas. last week, there was another 35-ton food shipment to the so-called mining triangle in northern nicaragua, according to the government. for farmers like flores and gomez, the help is welcome but the need doesn't end there. their only hope that is next year's harvest will allow them to not only pay their farming loans but also feed their families. rafael romo, cnn. >>> thanks so much for your company. i'm anna coren. kim brunhuber has more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. definitely after meatloaf. like clockwork. do it! run your dishwasher with cascade platinum. and save water. did you know an energy star certified dishwasher... ...uses less than four gallons per cycle. while a running sink uses that, every two minutes. that means even small loads can save water. so why not do it? run your dishwasher every night with cascade platinum. the s

we will hear part of wfp head david beasley's acceptance speech, then look at joe biden's decision to pick tom vilsack to head the u.s. department of agriculture again. then to ethiopia. clubs the situation in ethiopia, think it is boring and volatile. controliraling out of with an pollen impact on civilians. amy: the ethiopian government is blocking international observers into the tigray region after ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed launched a military offensive that has displaced tens of thousands of civilians. it was just a year ago today that the ethiopian prime minister won the nobel peace prize. this way ofelieve life will be death and destruction. amy: is ethiopia now on the verge of civil war? all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united states has suffered -- recorded 3100 24, 19 deaths wednesday, shattering every daily world record since the pandemic began. 107,000 people across united states are hospitalized with the disease, also a record, and more than 220,000 new infections were reported