Annual Country Report 2019: Nicaragua. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.

English

40 p.

ELR2041

With its start in April, the CSP was approved by WFP’s Executive Board at the beginning of 2019, covering the period April - December in 2019. During this timeframe, WFP provided food assistance to almost 235,000 women, men, girls and boys and technical assistance to 3,980 smallholder farmers (36 percent women), surpassing the yearly target of 3,500. With school feeding being the CSP's largest activity, WFP supported the delivery of school meals to 182,000 school children in over 2,250 school centres, complementing the National School Feeding Programme that covers 1.2 million children. This allowed them to have access to food and obtain the necessary nutrients to grow, whilst incentivising access to education. Leveraging the food demand of the school feeding activities, WFP also supported female and male smallholder farmers, members of 15 farmer organizations, through the purchase of beans, maize and rice. These purchases provided them with a stable market to sell their production at fair prices and obtain stable incomes. WFP supported over 45,250 school children in 1,000 schools in the Dry Corridor with a second school meals in the form of hot lunches, using the National School Feeding Programme as a shock-responsive mechanism during crises. Finally, despite resource constraints, WFP continued to support the Government in its disaster risk reduction efforts, working together with SINAPRED. This focused on strengthening risk mapping, transferring tools, and promoting a culture of preparedness and risk awareness amongst the Nicaraguan people.

Electronic ed.

ELR 2041

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