Summary of WFP assistance:
The three year Protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) responds to the complex crisis in Mali, WFP is assisting up to 1.1 million people this year through targeted distributions (food and cash), specialised nutritional products, and both blanket and targeted supplementary feeding programmes for children and pregnant and nursing women. Asset promotion supports recovery of local communities, and local purchases are increasing market access for smallholder farmers. Nutritious fortified foods are provided as a safety net for vulnerable schoolchildren to address short term food insecurity and reduce micronutrient deficiencies. The Purchase for Progress (P4P) pilot continues to be funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a fifth and final year to support the marketing capacities of 21 farmers’ organisations, with a strong gender component. The project is not only increasing smallholder farmers’ productivity and income but is also reducing producer losses of food.
The Country Programme (CP) assists 106,921 individuals through a pilot stunting prevention project focused on maternal and child health and nutrition within the first 1000 days; it continues with the MSF supported operational research on an integrated health and nutrition prevention strategy using nutritious product Nutributter and continues resilience activities to measure the impact on communities’ food security and livelihoods.
Both these programmes are aligned with Strategic Objectives 1, 2 and 4, Sustainable Development Goal 2, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2015–2019) and national policies and programmes.