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Conducted between April 2021 and June 2022, it assessed WFP’s strategic positioning and role and the extent to which WFP has made the strategic shift expected by the CSP; WFP’s contributions to strategic outcomes; efficiency; and factors that explain WFP performance. The evaluation concluded that: WFP’s CSP in Ecuador has constituted a relevant and adaptable framework, that has allowed WF

According to the SMART nutrition survey conducted in 2019 and 2020, the Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate remains low showing that investments in nutrition are paying off. However, stunting prevalence—a sign of chronic malnutrition—remains high at 37 percent.

“It is clear that WFP programmes save lives in Afghanistan every day. Widows at food distribution sites told me how critical WFP’s assistance is for them and their children, and farmers showed me how community assets they built with WFP’s support protect their fields from devastating floods and drought,” said Carl Skau.

After a decade of crisis, today a staggering 12.4 million Syrians are food insecure – the highest number recorded since the conflict began.

The contribution will help WFP provide a monthly cash-based transfer in the form of electronic food vouchers to 305,000 of the most food-insecure Palestinians.

“The war in Sudan risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” warned the Executive Director. “20 years ago, Darfur was the world’s largest hunger crisis and the world rallied to respond. But today, the people of Sudan have been forgotten.

Despite efforts to prioritize food purchases from local producers, WFP is concerned that its food stocks risk running out by the end of April. WFP has only enough food in the country to feed 175,000 people for one month.

The rate of deterioration in the country’s food security situation has seen a steep curve over the past 2 years due to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global food crisis ignited by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Key findings of the February 2024 report indicate that 82 percent of the population are food insecure among which 18 percent of households are severely food insecure.

In 2023, WFP’s Regional Bureau in Dakar undertook a learning exercise to collate detailed and current information on how WFP country offices in Western Africa design and implement complementary, context specific, and agile HDP Nexus approaches. The goal is to inform and build WFP’s evidence and advocacy with the latest practices from the field.