Ethiopia country strategic plan (2026-2030)

CSP approved by the EB November 2025 session.

Despite impressive annual economic growth and development progress, Ethiopia’s ambition of becoming an “African beacon of prosperity” by 2030 – as outlined in the national ten-year development plan for 2021–2030 – is constrained by global and regional crises, internal conflict, economic and climate shocks, and rising poverty. These challenges are compounded by structural issues that dampen the impact of economic growth, reduce the potential for transformative change and exacerbate food insecurity.

To help address these multidimensional issues, WFP will integrate, layer and sequence its interventions, focusing on areas that offer the greatest potential impact. Its multi-sectoral initiatives will seek to meet urgent needs by increasing access to and the availability of food while building self-reliance and tackling the root causes of vulnerability, including through support for resilient food systems. By identifying synergies among actors and across locations, sectors and systems, WFP will complement the Government’s strategies and partners’ efforts to deliver innovative, risk-informed programming that saves and changes lives.

Guided by analytical insights from the country strategic plan for 2020–2025, relevant evaluations, and the United Nations sustainable development cooperation framework for Ethiopia for 2025-2030, this five-year plan takes a systems approach to ending hunger. It builds on WFP’s comparative advantages to deliver five integrated outcomes:

➢ The most food-insecure crisis-affected people, including refugees and internally displaced persons, in targeted areas of Ethiopia have immediate and equitable access to safe, adequate and nutritious food, in anticipation of, during and in the aftermath of shocks.

➢ By 2030, food-insecure and nutritionally vulnerable people in targeted areas have enhanced human capital, supported by healthier diets and stronger health and education systems, enabling them to reach their full potential.

➢ By 2030, food-insecure people in risk-prone areas have strengthened livelihoods supported by resilient food systems that enable them to withstand multiple shocks and stressors.

➢ By 2030, government institutions and stakeholders have strengthened capacities for disaster preparedness, risk management, social protection and food systems that promote effective response to shocks.

➢ Humanitarian and development actors in Ethiopia have access to services that enable them to better reach and respond to the needs of at-risk and crisis-affected communities throughout the year.

This country strategic plan integrates cross-cutting priorities, including nutrition, protection, accountability and environmental sustainability, while promoting equality, particularly for women and persons with disabilities, adhering to humanitarian principles, respecting human rights and applying the "do no harm" approach. It gives priority to marginalized and at-risk people, addressing compound shocks and vulnerabilities through high-quality programming with clear lines of accountability.