Annual Country Report 2018: Sudan. Interim Country Strategic Plan 2017-2018

Annual Country Report 2018: Sudan. Interim Country Strategic Plan 2017-2018

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2018.

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Sudan is currently experiencing a transitionary period both politically and economically. Throughout 2018, WFP focused on developing strategic partnerships and worked alongside local authorities to develop their capacity to assume full responsibility for food security. Additionally, WFP expanded its operational reach, providing support to 4 million people — an increase from 3.6 million in the previous year. WFP provided emergency food security to refugees and internally displaced populations; of the 4 million reached, WFP supported 3.2 million through new and protracted emergency assistance. Additionally, WFP re-positioned itself to provide 860,000 people with life-changing types of programmes (Nutrition, Resilience and School Feeding) that embed longer-term skills to communities across Sudan. WFP embarked on developing activities that encourage resilience and self-reliance, particularly targeting female smallholder farmers, who make up 60 percent of the labour force. Initiatives such as the Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) mitigation programme supported 45,000 farmers with more efficient storage techniques, with the ambitious aim of partnering with the private sector to target over 4 million farmers over the next 5 years. It is estimated that Sudan loses 30 percent more food through PHL than what WFP brings in to Sudan every year. To combat this, WFP established a steering committee with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Agricultural Organisation, to establish a sustainable market for the supply of effective and affordable storage bags, which will be key to the programmes’ longevity.

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