Nepal

"With the irrigation canal we can grow vegetables and buy and sell food in market too, my children are attending school and the nutrient powder is making them healthy. It has helped a lot." Bhatti Bhul, mother of five, WFP Food-for-Asset programme beneficiary.

My Republica (Nepal)
Germany gives Rs 54m to WFP-Nepal
IRIN
NEPAL: Gender discrimination fuels malnutrition
The Himalayan Times
Food security situation remains stable
Nepali Times
Banking on technology
My Republica (Nepal)
Banking goes rural
Reuters Alertnet
Nepal’s poor going hungry as UN reduces aid - WFP
Reuters Alertnet
Nepal’s poor going hungry as UN reduces aid - WFP
AFP
Nepal faces malnutrition crisis as UN scales back
Agence France Presse (AFP)
Nepal faces malnutrition crisis
ABC News (Australia)
Dramatic cuts to food aid in Nepal

Overview

Fifty-four percent of Nepal’s population lives on less than US$1.25 per day, and three and a half million people are considered moderately to severely food insecure, counting Nepal among the poorest countries in South Asia. The 2009 Human Development Index ranks Nepal at 144 out of 182 countries and the land-locked nation is on the cusp of serious and alarming as per the 2009 Global Hunger Index.

Ongoing political instability combined with frequent droughts and floods and sustained high food price inflation have compounded endemic factors, leading to increased vulnerability to food insecurity in the country. WFP in Nepal is working towards alleviating immediate hunger through activities that increase household production and improve livelihoods.