The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has struck a deal with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to use its technology to help speed up plans around ending world hunger by 2030, under the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Two.

Much like Alibaba’s agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Alibaba’s involvement will be around the digital transformation of the organisation, using its cloud technology as the foundation.

Key facts related to the agreement:

• Under this agreement, Alibaba will provide state-of-the-art technology and resources to support and support the digital transformation of WFP operations. Alibaba's cloud computing unit Alibaba Cloud, together with WFP, will develop a digital 'world hunger map'.
• The World Hunger Map will oversee global starvation and operations by the year 2030. Also, its goal is to increase the efficiency of interference and reduce the time of emergency response.
• Elibaba and WFP have a shared vision of eliminating global poverty and fighting hunger.
• The elimination of starvation is also part of the United Nations' sustainable development goal.

United Nations World Food Program:

• The World Food Program (WFP) is the United Nations Food Assistance Branch and is the world's largest humanitarian organization to address the global problem of starvation and to promote food security.
• According to the WFP, it provides food aid to 80 million people in 76 countries every year.
• The headquarters of the WFP is in Italy's capital Rome.
• It was established in the year 1961.
• This is part of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.