To develop stronger national resilience to disasters and the climate crisis, Â鶹ÊÓƵ supports the Royal Government of Bhutan¡¯s emergency preparedness and response (EPR) initiatives in five areas of governance and coordination, data preparedness, logistics, emergency telecommunications, and food security.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ, through its Country Strategic Plan (2019-2023), focuses on supporting government in enhancing food security and nutrition, and a transformative food systems that is carbon-neutral and economically viable. Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s assistance is implemented through various programmes and activities to increase demand for locally available nutritious foods while supporting the government in strengthening production capacity, post-harvest management, marketing, knowledge management, cost efficiency, and coordination and policy.
The Bhutan Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan (2020¨C2025) seeks to improve the nutritional status of schoolchildren and adolescents, including those in monastic institutions, through improved nutrition knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices. Based on behavioural research into food and snack consumption, a comprehensive Social Behaviour Change (SBC) Strategy and Action Plan was developed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ with government partners, including the Ministry Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL). The SBC strategy contains both in and out-of-school SBC activities, campaigns, and materials
Key achievements have been made by Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Bhutan¡¯s National School Feeding and Nutrition Programme, especially in improved dietary diversity in school meals, procurement of locally available nutritious foods, and the refurbishment or construction of school kitchens and stores. This support has led to the improved overall health and nutrition of school children. Linking Bhutanese schools to local farmers has opened opportunities for smallholder farmers, especially women and youth, to access markets and receive needed technical and infrastructure support.
In Bhutan, Â鶹ÊÓƵ partners with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) to create an enabling environment for healthier school nutrition and improved nutritional status of Bhutanese schoolchildren.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ prioritizes its efforts in strengthening government capacity towards achieving long-term results and critical goals for national development. Strengthening supply chain coordination mechanisms with strong government leadership increases legitimacy and leads to robust supply chain capacity, both at national and sub-national levels, contributing to sustainable economic growth.
Food Security Outcome Monitoring is a face-to-face survey administered to a stratified random sample. The data was collected between 2 January and 16 February 2023. A sample of 2563 households was interviewed covering strata of ¡°Vulnerable¡± and ¡°Extremely Vulnerable¡± ¡°Syrian¡± and ¡°Non-Syrian¡± refugees both in camps and in host communities.
This is a joint IFPRI-Â鶹ÊÓƵ study on the drivers, profile, and risks of irregular migration in the West Africa context. By taking a route-based approach to irregular migration in West Africa, the study examined migrants¡¯ origins, their transit experience, and the situation where their journey stalls or ends.
A brief on the potential of the Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM), pioneered by Â鶹ÊÓƵ, to inform social protection, with a case study in Cambodia
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This report presents a summary of the key findings and recommendations on school feeding based on three evaluations commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in the Republic of Congo, between 2017 and 2022.
The mid-term evaluation of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Strategic Plan (2022-2025) covered the first two years of its implementation. It focused on assessing its relevance and utility to strategically steer the organization, as well as the extent to which Â鶹ÊÓƵ is institutionally equipped to deliver on the plan¡¯s ambitions.
A review of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and UNICEF pioneered ¡°twin-track approach¡±, with support from German development cooperation (BMZ-KFW), to deliver shock-responsive social protection in the Sahel.
This joint report provides a review of Â鶹ÊÓƵ and UNHCR¡¯s cash assistance for Syrian refugees in Lebanon following the re-introduction of dual currency disbursement in May 2023
Since November 2017, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Food Security Sector have been conducting the Refugee influx Emergency Vulnerability Assessment (REVA) annually. The REVA aims to monitor food security situation and vulnerability levels of the Rohingya population living in the camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts of Cox¡¯s Bazar district and the adjacent host community potentially affected. In 2022, the survey expanded to cover the island of Bhasan Char.
The Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) identifies barriers to healthy and nutritious diets and informs policies to improve access for vulnerable groups. Better data, better nutrition outcomes
This report summarizes the results of the three rounds of mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) conducted by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Philippines as part of the United Nations joint programme on ¡®Monitoring the Food, Energy, and Finance Crisis towards informed Policy and Response Options in the Philippines¡¯,
