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Standard Project Report 2016
Post-Delivery Losses
In 2016, there were no significant food losses under WFP custody. There were some minor losses in the stock
managed by the cooperating partner in the schools. Transport losses were also small and for the most part, a result
of one single truck incident. These were recovered from the transporters as per contract.
Even though losses were minor, WFP continued strict enforcement of its policy requiring provincial authorities and
school leadership to take responsibility and compensate for the value of food lost due to negligence or misuse. The
country office logistics team also provided a food handling training module during the annual food monitors'
workshop in 2016, to apply the best possible storage standards to the stores run by cooperating partners.
Annual Food Purchases for the Country (mt)
Commodity
Local
Regional/International
Total
Canned Fish - 595 595
Iodised Salt - 120 120
Rice 5 - 5
Split Peas - 252 252
Vegetable Oil - 164 164
Total 5 1,131 1,136
Percentage 0.4% 99.6%
Implementation of Evaluation Recommendations and Lessons
Learned
In response to the evaluation of the country programme (CP) in 2014, greater convergence was sought in 2016
between school meals, asset building and livelihood support. Particularly, schools in resettlement areas were
included in the meals programme, farmers participating in the climate change adaptation activities were linked to
home-grown school feeding, and the asset building programme coordinated the construction of rainwater harvesting
and storage in schools most affected by the prolonged dry and hot period so as to mitigate possible repetition of
water shortages in the future. School nutrition was enhanced through the introduction of fortified rice, which has
served as a platform to familiarise stakeholders in education, health and food security sectors with the benefits and
possibilities of introducing fortified rice in Cambodia. The development of the new school health policy, continued
water and sanitation infrastructure development, and the elaboration of school gardening approaches have made a
further contribution to greater integration of nutrition-relevant programming in the education sector.
Lessons learned during the 2015 implementation of the productive assets and livelihood support programme were
translated into a more diversified portfolio in 2016. Focus shifted from medium-scale public works to various
activities combining asset building with training on a range of productive and reproductive themes. Work norms
were applied in a way that facilitated the participation of those with reduced physical capacity and time availability,
while projects assured a fair balance between assets that enhance individual household benefits and those that aim
for communal gain. Anecdotal evidence suggests that predictable, well-targeted and planned activities may offer
community members a reasonable alternative to labour migration, while building longer-term livelihood opportunities
at home. The same was noticed among local farmers and traders who supply commodities to the home-grown
school meals programme. In communities affected by large-scale migration, such activities may contribute to
important social cohesion and a safe and supportive environment for the most vulnerable members of the
community.
Following on a successful lessons learning exercise in 2015, school administrators, commune council members,
local suppliers and government authorities exchanged experiences and recommendations in September 2016 for
the continued expansion of the home-grown school meals approach during the school year 2016-2017.
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