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Standard Project Report 2016
assessments of existing capacity, identify areas for capacity strengthening and conduct production
maintenance. Another technical assessment was carried out the following month, with the aim of evaluating the
technical feasibility of planned food upgrades.
Local food production has several benefits which are in line with WFP priorities in DPRK. Foremost, local
production encourages long-term food and nutrition security by enhancing the capacity of local factories and staff,
mainly through training, monitoring visits and technical assessments. Furthermore, local production brought cost
and time savings for the programme. Under agreement with WFP, the Government covered the cost of factories,
warehouses, staff, electrical power and maintenance, thus contributing significantly to the programme. In turn, WFP
provided raw materials for fortified cereals and biscuit production, including a cooking mix of iodised salt and baking
soda and a pre-mix of vitamins and minerals. With several local factories operating, WFP was also able to readily
adjust the mixture and degree of production output as required.
[2] FFCD activities are referred to as food assistance for assets (FFA) in the tables and charts in this report.
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