Standard Project Report 2016
Complementary Projects in 2016
Scaling-Up Nutrition through a Multi Sector Approach
WFP and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization( FAO) supported the Government in implementing its Multi-Sectoral Action Plan for Nutrition. The USD 1.5 million action plan, of which USD 749,871 was for WFP, included nutrition baseline surveys, promoting food fortification and policy formulation. The joint programme was funded by the Spanish Cooperation through the Sustainable Development Goal Fund( SDG-F). WFP provided technical support to the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine to enhance the quality of Thriposha, a nutritious, locally fortified blended food.
Climate Change Adaptation Project
WFP invested in disaster preparedness and mitigation through a climate change adaption initiative jointly implemented with the Ministry of Environment from 2014-2019 for a total fund of USD 7.9 million. Through this initiative, the programme supported rehabilitation irrigation schemes, water harvesting, livelihood diversification, and climate adaptation skills.
The Climate Adaptation Management and Innovation Initiative( C-ADAPT)
The Climate Adaptation Management and Innovation Initiative, a USD 200,000 initiative funded by the Government of Sweden, was used to conduct pilot projects, one in coastal areas and the other in the dry zone. One project assisted vulnerable subsistence lagoon fishermen living in the district of Mannar to restore mangrove plantations and at the same time assisted the women ' s groups in livelihood diversification coupled with a micro-finance package. The other project assisted drought-affected communities in the district of Monaragala to rehabilitate micro reservoir and irrigation enabling the farmers to cultivate organic vegetables and conduct other livelihood activities such as bee keeping.
The Strategic Review of Food Security and Nutrition towards Zero Hunger
A national Strategic Review( SR) on food security and nutrition towards zero hunger was launched in September 2016 to accelerate the pace towards attaining SDG2 by 2030 in Sri Lanka. The SR was envisaged to take an expansive and inclusive view of the overall food security and nutrition situation in the country. It sets out to identify the challenges to achieving zero hunger, including gaps in policies and national response resources and institutional capacity. It also made recommendations on ways for Sri Lanka, over the next 15 years, to achieve SDG2 targets through integrated approaches across the economic, social and environment sectors.
The findings of the Strategic Review will be presented in February 2017 to the Government of Sri Lanka with the presence of WFP ' s Executive Director.
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