Duration of project 15 months (1 October 2011- 31 December 2012).

Guinea-Bissau is classified as a low-income food deficit country and heavily indebted poor country. It ranks 164th out of 169 on the United Nations Development Programme 2010 Human Development Index. In spite of its economic potential, political and institutional instability, compounded by  external shocks such as the 2008 high food price crisis and the 2009 global economic crisis, have strained the country’s markets and created additional economic burdens on poor households.