Annual Country Report 2021: Nicaragua. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023
2021
ELR 1734
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Title
Annual Country Report 2021: Nicaragua. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023
Imprint
Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2021.
Language Note
English
Description
60 p.
ISBN/LRC Code
ELR1734
Summary
To adapt to the changing context, WFP adjusted its operations, expanding existing activities and introducing new ones. Thanks to these efforts, in 2021, WFP reached 566,000 beneficiaries (51% women and 49% men) with in-kind food assistance, 74 percent more than in 2020 and 35 percent greater than planned. At the same time, WFP’s capacity strengthening activities directly benefitted 137,000 people (47% women and 53% men), including smallholder farmers, vulnerable households in peri-urban areas, and hurricane-affected populations. WFP’s operations in 2021 focused strongly on delivering life-saving assistance and early recovery support to shock-affected people. Together with partners, WFP expanded the scope of its emergency response, incorporating new modalities, such as food assistance, support through national shock-responsive social protection and livelihood programmes, and complementary early recovery. Capacity strengthening activities with schools, communities, and government partners empowered local responders, promoting community-based resilience, and improving disaster risk management. WFP’s expansion of operations provided new market opportunities for smallholder farmers, generating a sustained demand, and increasing their food sales; compared to 2020, their sales tripled and represented 20 percent of the overall food procured by WFP. This locally produced food was distributed through emergency operations and regular school feeding activities, which reached 183,000 schoolchildren. WFP helped to combat gender-based violence and advance women and girls’ rights, building on the existing national policy framework. In line with its principles of accountability to affected populations, WFP and this Ministry implemented activities to empower and encourage the inclusion of people with disabilities in the economic, social, and political spheres.
Note
Electronic ed.
Call Number
ELR 1734
Language
English
System Control No.
MON-127265
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Annual Country Report (ACR)