Annual Country Report 2018: Bolivia (Plurinational State of). Country Strategic Plan 2018-2022

Annual Country Report 2018: Bolivia (Plurinational State of). Country Strategic Plan 2018-2022

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2018.

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2018 was a year of transition for WFP Bolivia. Despite improved human development indicators and reduced economic inequalities in the last decade, the Plurinational State of Bolivia remains the second poorest country in South America. WFP Bolivia started its activities under the framework of the new CSP with the execution of Strategic Outcome 3 supporting food insecure smallholder farmers in Entre Ríos, department of Tarija, by providing training courses on strategic commercialization and marketing capacities as well as gender equality. Furthermore, WFP collaborated with the local non-governmental organization FAUTAPO and local municipality to link increased smallholder surplus production with the demand generated by local school feeding programmes, assisting nearly 5,000 school-aged children. With the need to tackle new forms of malnutrition resulting from rapid economic growth and shifting dietary patterns, WFP, under Strategic Outcome 2, took preparatory steps for the launch of an innovative nutritional mass campaign addressing adolescents in the urban and suburban areas of El Alto. In 2018, first nutritional messages were broadcasted on national TV and radio. For Strategic Outcome 4 an institutional framework was developed to design and implement a unique beneficiary registration system for emergency response and to improve early warning systems of the Vice Ministry of Civil Defence (VIDECI) through bio-indicators.

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