Over 15 million people are now acutely food insecure across the Horn of Africa because of drought, up from 12-13 million at the beginning of the year. Should the ongoing rains fail and increased relief assistance not take place, this number of acutely food insecure could rise to 20 million people by the end of the year.
This report outlines Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to support the increased humanitarian needs across this region.
As global levels of hunger rise to record highs, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the European Union continue to work closely together. This report details our partnership in 2021.
This case study presents lessons learnt from a regional success story in scaling up rice fortification through social assistance programmes in order to address micronutrient deficiencies
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Colombia conducted formative research to inform its school based programming, allowing schools to act as a platform for inclusion. The study focused on school feeding, nutrition, discrimination and xenophobia in schools that experienced a range of challenges due to high rates of migration from Venezuela. Through this research, Â鶹ÊÓƵ aimed to better understand the needs of children and their communities by using two way communication to identify barriers and enablers to behavioural change. The research provided an evidence base for the participatory development of a Social and Behaviour Change Communication strategy that promoted inclusivity and equality. This is an interesting example of how a school feeding programme can address additional issues such as discrimination and promote not only nutritious meals for children but also create a safe environment and positively contribute to breaking stereotypes.
El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) en Colombia realiz¨® una investigaci¨®n formativa para contribuir a sus programas basados en las escuelas y permitir as¨ª que estos espacios act¨²en adem¨¢s como una plataforma para la inclusi¨®n. El estudio se centr¨® en la alimentaci¨®n escolar, la nutrici¨®n, la discriminaci¨®n y la xenofobia en escuelas que experimentaban una serie de desaf¨ªos debido a las altas tasas de migraci¨®n llegada desde Venezuela. A trav¨¦s de esta investigaci¨®n, el PMA se propuso comprender mejor las necesidades de los ni?os y ni?as y sus comunidades, mediante el uso de la comunicaci¨®n bidireccional para identificar tanto las barreras como los factores que facilitan el cambio de comportamiento. La investigaci¨®n proporcion¨® una base de evidencia para el desarrollo participativo de una estrategia de Comunicaci¨®n para el Cambio Social y de Comportamiento (SBCC) que promovi¨® la inclusi¨®n y la igualdad. Este es un ejemplo interesante de c¨®mo un programa de alimentaci¨®n escolar puede abordar tem¨¢ticas adicionales, como la discriminaci¨®n, y proporcionar no solo comidas nutritivas para los ni?os, sino tambi¨¦n crear un entorno seguro y contribuir de forma positiva a romper estereotipos.
This is the most complete food security evaluation done in Ghana with Â鶹ÊÓƵ and FAO's assistance. The analysis will help identify Ghana's food insecure and when/where they are.
This decentralised evaluation was commissioned by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Nigeria Country Office, it covers all livelihoods interventions supported between 2018 and 2021 in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States in northeast Nigeria. The DE focused on the impact of Â鶹ÊÓƵ shift from unconditional support through generalized food distribution (GFD) towards a conditional approach supporting livelihoods activities.
The independent evaluation of the integrated social protection- Fagnavotse programme was jointly commissioned by the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF), International Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), and the Ministry of Population, Social Protection, and Promotion of Women (MPPSPF) in Madagascar.
In December 2020, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Strategy 3.0 (2021-2025) was approved by the SUN Movement Lead Group and is currently being operationalized by SUN countries at a national level.
Aligning with the Scaling up Nutrition Strategy 3.0, a strategic roadmap was developed to support the advancement of SUN Business Networks (SBN) in the Asia region, with the overall aim of increasing private sector engagement in nutrition. The SUN and SBN 3.0 strategies both recognize the need for a shift from a globally driven SUN Movement and SBN to ones that are centered at the national level, with strengthened support at the regional level.
The SBN roadmap for Asia articulates the way forward to engage the private sector and grow SBNs in Asia at country and regional levels, including through the establishment of a regional platform/ coordination mechanism to support national SBNs and identify opportunities with key regional players. It also describes additional opportunities for private sector engagement at the regional level, including strategic alignment with existing private sector-led coalitions and consortia such as the UN Global Compact.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned in 2022 to generate credible evidence and draw lessons from the resilience building component implemented between 2018 and 2022 by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Chad country office. It was intended to address both learning and accountability purposes.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ recognizes gender inequality and associated power imbalances as a root cause of food insecurity and aims to address structural gender-based inequality and unequal power relations. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Nepal has mainstreamed gender disaggregated data and gender-based analysis to inform the design of programmes and help ensure that women, men, girls, and boys participate equitably and benefit from the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programmes.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is addressing vulnerable people's immediate food needs with cash or food transfers while supporting the development or rehabilitation of assets that enhance the resilience of communities in its food assistance for assets (FFA) projects. This factsheet gives an overview of FFA interventions in southern Africa.
The SUN Business Network Cambodia Strategy 2021 ¨C 2025 sets the strategic direction, vision, mission and priority actions for the SUN Business Network Cambodia and guides its operationalization for the next five years.
The Food Security Bulletin is part of the national information and early warning system which provides up to date contextual information on the state of food and nutrition security in Timor-Leste. Â鶹ÊÓƵ provides technical support in the analysis through the Inter-Ministerial Council for Food Security, Food Sovereignty and Nutrition (KONSSANTIL).
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Peru Country Office and covers the entire Strategic Outcome 1 of its Country Strategic Plan and the period from January 2017 to June 2021. This evaluation is formative in nature and its purpose is to provide evidence and learning from the implementation of this Strategic Outcome for decision-making at the country level and to contribute to the strategic planning of other Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices in contexts similar to Peru.
