Standard Project Report 2016
rural livelihoods and community asset creation; provision of social services on an equitable basis – programmes to treat moderate acute malnutrition of children and pregnant and lactating women are implemented through the Government ' s basic package of health services programmes at clinics across the country; and securing social equity and investing in human capital – vocational skills training to enhance workforce participation and school feeding that invests in the future of school-age children.
For disaster risk reduction( DRR), WFP is in the process of expanding joint programming with partner United Nations agencies. To bring coherence to DRR programming at the interagency level, WFP has established and leads the DRR Working Group under the United Nations Country Team( UNCT). Asset creation for the most shock-prone and frequently food-insecure districts and communities has benefited from expanded strategic partnerships and joint programmes with the United Nations Environmental Programme( UNEP), FAO, the United Nations Development Programme( UNDP), the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, and the National Environmental Protection Agency.
WFP is the co-lead with FAO for the Food Security and Agriculture cluster under the Humanitarian Country Team and is an active member of the Nutrition Cluster. Humanitarian food security and nutrition activities are included in the Humanitarian Response Plan which is reviewed annually.
In 2016, emphasis has been put on knowledge exchange and capacity development in support of a Strategic Grain Reserve project, for which WFP has been in close coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.
Summary of WFP Operational Objectives
In 2016, the country office initiated budget revisions to its PRRO and special operations to realign them with the evolving situation and to be a more efficient partner of the Government through engagement with line ministries and United Nations counterparts. WFP strengthened partnerships with humanitarian and development actors, particularly with other United Nations agencies towards Delivering as One with the goal of achieving zero hunger in line with Sustainable Development Goals( SDGs) 2 and 17.
Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation: PRRO 200447( 2014-2018), approved budget USD 764 million, responded to the food security and nutritional needs of severely food-insecure people in Afghanistan. Assistance included general distributions( food and / or cash-based transfers) for internally displaced persons( IDPs), returnees, refugees, and those affected by conflict, natural disaster and economic stress; nutrition programmes through targeted supplementary feeding; school take-home rations; disaster risk reduction and asset creation, and vocational training activities. Under its Purchase for Progress( P4P) programme, WFP increased production and productivity, and promoted market development for smallholder farmers through the local purchase of fortified wheat flour.
Emergency Operation: IR-EMOP 201023( September-November 2016), approved budget USD 1.3 million, allowed WFP to respond to the immediate food needs of the first large influx of Afghan refugee returnees from Pakistan, and also allowed for the necessary preparations and assessment to take place, which paved the way for an EMOP.
Emergency Operation: EMOP 201024( 2016-2017), approved budget USD 67 million, met the immediate food needs of documented and undocumented returnees as well as an unusually high number of conflict-affected IDPs, especially during the winter months of 2016. The EMOP also provided monthly food support to refugees from Pakistan who have settled in eastern Afghanistan.
Special Operation: SO 200635( 2014-2018), approved budget USD 14 million, provided support to the development of a Strategic Grain Reserve( SGR). The special operation was prepared in order to: 1) provide emergency food assistance to transitory food-insecure households; 2) support communities and farmers with storage facilities; 3) assist producers to secure fair prices at harvest times; and 4) contribute to domestic food price stabilisation. In order to achieve those objectives, the SGR special operation, P4P and PRRO projects work in tandem with the Government. In 2016, the WFP approach to SGR support was re-targeted in agreement with the Government, to focus on strategic grain mechanisms and budgets( capital to buy wheat grains and cover running costs).
Special Operation: SO 200870( 2016-2017), approved budget USD 33 million, enabled the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service( UNHAS) has been providing safe and reliable passenger and cargo air services to the entire humanitarian community and remains the only service that provides an extensive air network in Afghanistan.
Trust Fund( 2014 – 2017), approved budget USD 12 million, which began in December 2014 when WFP and the Republic of Korea ' s Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a Letter of Understanding under which the Ministry would
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