Annual Country Report 2021: Ghana. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Annual Country Report 2021: Ghana. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2021.

English

64 p.

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In 2021, WFP focused on assisting marginalized and vulnerable people in Ghana to achieve food and nutrition security, leveraging on partnerships with the government and the private sector. In 2021, WFP extended its agreement with the private sector company Mobile Money Limited, to distribute government cash-based transfers to COVID-19 affected smallholder farmers. This ensured that smallholder farmers’ food and nutrition needs were met during a period where livelihoods had been impacted, also enabling them to undertake farming activities. WFP supported the Government to develop a flood information system to support timely decision making in the event of crises. WFP supported the government to strengthen market-based approaches for solving nutrition challenges among populations with purchasing power; this included training retailers to support demand creation for SNFs to promote a sustainable supply chain. For vulnerable groups enrolled in the stunting prevention programme, social and behaviour change communication was combined with voucher transfers for nutritious foods. . WFP provided technical assistance and capacity strengthening in line with national priorities. Notable among these was support to the Ghana School Feeding Programme, with a pilot digitization of its monitoring system to complement the national digitalization drive; and successful linkage of vulnerable people living with HIV, to social protection through sustainable livelihoods. Gender was given a prominent focus at all stages of programmes to ensure effective gender-sensitive results. Contextual gender considerations were made to ensure equity in the allocation of resources in programmes; interventions prioritized women to address the gaps in knowledge and access to resources; households headed by women were prioritized for the cash-based transfers; behaviour change communication targeted husbands and caregivers of children under the stunting prevention programme for improved uptake in nutrition.

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