Publication | 07 September 2021
In April 2020, shortly after the nation-wide lockdown began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Inter-Agency Group (IAG) in Odisha and WFP commissioned a ‘Joint Rapid Needs Assessment’. The initial findings, especially of WFP’s specific analysis on food and nutrition security, prompted the Government of Odisha to request WFP to carry out a follow up study to examine the current status