United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group have formed a strategic partnership to support efforts to eliminate hunger globally by 2030.
a. Baidu Group
b. Xiaomi Group
c. Alibaba Group
d. None of the above
- The agreement was signed between WFP Executive Director David Beasley and Alibaba Partner and Chairman of Alibaba Foundation Sun Lijun at Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
Details:
- Under this agreement, Alibaba will lend its cutting-edge technology and resources to support digital transformation of WFP's operations.
- In particular, Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba will work with WFP to develop a digital "World Hunger Map".
- The map will help to monitor global hunger and operations to end scourge by 2030 which is one of UN's key Sustainable Development goals.
- It also aims to boost efficiency of interventions and shorten emergency response times.
About World Food Programme (WFP):
- The WEF is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations.
- It is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
- It works to help people who cannot produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families.
- It is a member of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and part of its Executive Committee.
- It was established in 1961 after 1960 Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Conference.
- It is headquartered in Rome (Italy) and has more than 80 country offices around the world.
- It provides food assistance to an average of 80 million people in 75 countries each year.
Question:
Q. United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and which Chinese e-commerce giant have formed a strategic partnership to support efforts to eliminate hunger globally by 2030?a. Baidu Group
b. Xiaomi Group
c. Alibaba Group
d. None of the above
