WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by country | страница 248

Standard Project Report 2016
Through the prevention of malnutrition programme, children received food rations through orphanages, nurseries,
and paediatric wards in hospitals. In addition, school-age children received food rations through onsite school
feeding in primary schools. Meanwhile, PLW received WFP rations on a monthly basis from public distribution
centres, using WFP ration cards. This food distribution method has proved beneficial in effectively reaching the
targeted beneficiaries, as well as in facilitating monitoring. For example, the Government reports that 62 percent of
children aged 6-59 months attend nurseries nationwide on average. The specialised foods WFP provided contain
micronutrients, vital for development and which many beneficiaries lack in their diets. FBF, which are specially
fortified cereals, can be used in a variety of ways in cooking, from making pancakes to bread.
WFP also continued to pilot the MAM treatment programme with highly effective results, including a recovery rate of
nearly 100 percent. Under the trial, WFP complemented the rations normally provided to nursery children by
providing children with MAM in nurseries in seven counties of Kangwon province with additional take-home rations
equivalent to 100 g of FBF per child per day.
WFP was not able to reach all planned beneficiaries in 2016. Actual food distribution equalled 34.1 percent of the
planned distribution, which was lower than the previous three years (42.8 percent in 2015, 57.5 percent in 2014 and
40.9 percent in 2013). This lower achievement in beneficiary numbers and food distribution was caused by funding
shortfalls, which forced WFP to scale back its nutrition assistance. Notably, there was no direct distribution of pulses
and oil to beneficiaries as originally envisioned (a small amount of pulses and oil were used in fortified cereal
production, which accounts for the quantities reflected in the food distribution table). WFP was unable to restore
food assistance to pre-primary school children in kindergartens. Geographic coverage was reduced from 87
counties to 82 counties in January and down to 70 counties between February and June 2016.
On the other hand, rice distribution was significantly higher than planned. This increase was due to the planned
cessation of rice-milk blend (a type of fortified cereal) production under the new PRRO 200907 which began in July
2016, replacing this PRRO. The country office therefore used remaining rice stocks as a substitute for maize in a
small proportion of the take-home rations for food for community development (FFCD) participants, while most
participants received maize as usual.
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Strategic Objective:
Support or restore food security and nutrition and establish or rebuild livelihoods in fragile settings and following
emergencies (SO2)
Outcomes:
2.2 Improved access to assets and/or basic services, including community and market infrastructure
Activities:
Food for community development (FFCD) [2]
To promote food security and community resilience against natural disasters, eight FFCD projects in seven
provinces were carried out in spring 2016. Following site assessment visits, an internal WFP committee selected the
projects from ten proposals. Seven of the projects focused on tree planting, while the remaining project rehabilitated
a small river embankment (previous FFCD activities included excavation of riverbeds, land levelling and soil
improvement). Project participants were given take-home cereal rations, mainly maize, at the beginning and end of
projects. WFP also provided equipment such as gloves, pick-axes and stretchers to transport soil. WFP monitors
conducted both mid-term and final project assessments as per normal practice, and found all eight projects were
successfully completed on time.
These FFCD activities not only helped protect the environment, provide clean water and good irrigation, but also
helped to offset the effects of natural disasters. Mountains and upland slopes comprise 80 percent of DPRK’s
landscape, and historic food and energy shortages have forced people to cut down trees for fuel, as well as cultivate
crops on steep slopes. These factors have led to severe land erosion, leaving the country prone to natural hazards
such as flash floods, landslides and dangerous flows of debris. When they occur, these hazards can have a
devastating effect on people’s livelihoods. FFCD activities therefore also contributed to improving food security.
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Strategic Objective:
Support or restore food security and nutrition and establish or rebuild livelihoods in fragile settings and following
emergencies (SO2)
Outcomes:
2.4 Local production capacity for fortified food sustained
Activities:
Production of fortified blended food (FBF) and fortified biscuits at WFP-supported local factories
WFP supported six local factories to produce the specialised foods that were then distributed to beneficiaries. Under
WFP oversight, the factories produced 9,552 mt of fortified biscuits and FBF, specifically cereal-milk blend, rice-milk
blend and corn-soy blend. Production targets were largely met in 2016, with decreased electricity supply being the
primary cause in cases where outputs fell short. In April 2016, technical teams visited eight factories to carry out
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