Pakistan
Over the years, Pakistan has made gains becoming a food surplus country, and a major producer of wheat. A recent reduction in the prices of staple foods and a concurrent decline in inflation might increase access to food if the trends continue.
However, 60 percent of the population is still facing food insecurity. This is due primarily to limited economic access by the poorest and most vulnerable – particularly women – to an adequate and diverse diet.
An average Pakistani household spends 50.8 percent of monthly income on food, and shocks, including high food prices, flooding, and significant population displacement in the northwest since 2008 exacerbate the situation.
What the World Food Programme is doing in Pakistan
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Food assistance
WFP supports the return and rehabilitation of one million displaced people in FATA through a six-month unconditional food ration of wheat flour, pulses, oil and salt to mitigate food insecurity until they restore their livelihoods.
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Nutrition
In partnership with UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), WFP provides treatment for moderate acute malnutrition among children aged between 6 months and 5 years, and pregnant and nursing women. Activities include the distribution of fortified foods and education on infant and young child feeding as well as the promotion of home fortification of foods through the distribution of micronutrient powders.
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Resilience
WFP provides food assistance in exchange for participation in the construction and rehabilitation of community assets that can support food security, such as water harvesting systems, feeder roads, water channels, schools and other infrastructure, in areas affected by droughts or floods, or where displaced people are returning.
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Disaster preparedness and response
WFP provides capacity strengthening and technical assistance in disaster preparedness and response at the federal and provincial levels, community-based disaster risk management, school safety, multi-hazard vulnerability risk assessment, supply chain management, the design and implementation of a commodity management system, and a beneficiary feedback hotline.
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School meals
Working in close coordination with the FATA directorate of education, WFP provides mid-morning snacks of fortified biscuits in pre-primary and primary schools in FATA and part of the Frontier Regions. Secondary school girls in FATA, of whom only 1 percent complete schooling, will receive a cash transfer with a view to increasing retention and literacy rates.
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