Swaziland: WFP Swaziland Country Brief, March 2016

Highlights

• The Swaziland Drought Rapid Assessment Report was published and estimates maize production of 33,000 mt (a 64 per cent reduction compared with past season) and that 320,000 people are requiring immediate food assistance.

• An IR-EMOP to target 70,000 people with one month of food assistance has been approved. WFP has also received USD 2.8 m from the UN emergency response funding window (CERF). This will allow to continue the assistance for another three months. Substantial gaps in funding remain.

• WFP is facing considerable funding shortfalls under both Development Projects.