THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

Published purpose

The project supports a food-for-asset-building initiative in 65 chronically food-insecure districts of Ethiopia. This World Food Programme initiative helps communities to invest in sustainable land management, while enhancing their natural resource base. With CIDA support, the project meets the immediate food needs of up to 480,000 chronically food-insecure beneficiaries each year, providing food transfers in return for labour by able-bodied adults. With this community labour, the project aims to rehabilitate up to 60,000 hectares of degraded land per year as well as to develop and maintain other community assets like rural roads and water points. Similar to Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program, households with no able-bodied adults also receive food to meet their needs. In addition, the project introduces improved farming practices and income-generating activities such as fruit production to help beneficiaries become more self-sufficient over time.