WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by project type | Page 740

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 irri