Annual Country Report 2018: Burundi. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2020

Annual Country Report 2018: Burundi. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2020

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2018.

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68 p.

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WFP jointly with partners reached 109 percent of planned beneficiaries during the sudden influx of Congolese refugees fleeing conflict from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), increasing their appropriate food consumption by eight percent between August and November 2018. Voluntary repatriated Burundian refugees from Tanzania were assisted upon arrival in Burundi with a three-month food package. For effective reintegration and social cohesion, host communities were provided food assistance during lean seasons. WFP strengthened advocacy efforts on nutrition, particularly on stunting. WFP expanded its school feeding programme, reaching 30 percent more children in 800 schools. Through South-South and triangular cooperation in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil, WFP and the Government developed a national school feeding policy to transform school feeding into a nationally owned programme. The policy was validated by the Council of Ministers in November 2018. WFP's Home-Grown School Feeding programme supported smallholder farmers by linking them to markets and strengthening their capacities in post-harvest losses management. WFP injected over USD 2 million into the local economy with purchases from these farmers. WFP also supported the private sector to produce quality and safety standards meeting fortified maize flour and UHT milk. The agency conducted a supply chain milk assessment on hygiene conditions along the value chain. WFP purchased and delivered micronutrients to a miller (MINOLACS) for maize meal fortification to mitigate in-country shortages. Consequently, WFP was able to procure 1,940 mt of fortified maize flour and 137 mt of UHT milk.

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