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The Crop Situation Update is issued by the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD), World Food Programme (WFP), and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is published twice a year. While periodic updates on the crop performance and food security situation are provided through Food Security Bulletins (issued by MoAD and WFP on a quarterly basis), the crop situation update provides a comprehensive overview on the food supply situation. This crop situation update covers the 2012/13 (Fiscal Year 2069/70) winter crop production and provides an overview of the National Food Balance for 2012/13 agricultural year.

Crop Situation Update is issued by the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD), World Food Programme (WFP), and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is published twice a year and focuses on production and associated opportunities and challenges of summer and winter crops in Nepal. While periodic updates on crop performance and food security situation are provided through Food Security Bulletins (issued by MoAD and WFP on quarterly basis); crop situation update provides a comprehensive overview on food supply situation through looking at production and trade of major summer and winter crops in Nepal.
This crop situation update covers the 2012/13 (Nepali Fiscal Year 2069/70) summer crop production and the outlook of winter crops for the same period. In addition, it also looks at the trade of key cereals between the period 2011 and 2012.

From 2002 to 2009, WFP has assisted Nepal  with a portfolio comprising 15 operations worth US$282 million with the aims to save lives, invest in disaster preparedness, protect and rebuild livelihoods, reduce malnutrition, improve educational outcomes and develop government capacities. 

From 2002 to 2009, WFP has assisted Nepal  with a portfolio comprising 15 operations worth US$282 million with the aims to save lives, invest in disaster preparedness, protect and rebuild livelihoods, reduce malnutrition, improve educational outcomes and develop government capacities. 

This report evaluates the portfolio against three questions: i) How well did WFP position itself strategically and align with government and partner strategies? ii) How did WFP make choices and how strategic were these? and, iii) How did the portfolio perform, and what were its results?
The evaluation found that WFP’s portfolio was closely aligned with the Government of Nepal’s and people’s needs and that WFP made good strategic choices.  Food assistance was efficiently and effectively delivered resulting in positive outcomes for food for work/assets/training, nutrition and education interventions and general food distributions. Engaging in longer-term productive safety nets, developing an integrated lifecycle approach to nutrition, maintaining emergency response capacity, enhancing WFP’s role in policy dialogue and refining ongoing operations are recommended for the future.
 

The crop and food security update is prepared using a range of information and data from different sources. It combines the national crop situation analysis method of MOAC with food security analytical methodologies of WFP.

A rapid crop and food security assessment to further analyze the loss of crops and impact on livelihoods. The 2008/09 winter drought in Nepal was one of the worst on record.

A joint FAO/WFP Food Security Assessment Mission visited the country from 20 March to 8 April 2007. The overall objective of the assessment was to have a better understanding of chronic and transitory (disaster-affected, shortterm).