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The Quarterly Bulletin of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India presents some of the highlights from July-September 2022

This document on good practices compiles and collates innovations in THR programmes in various States and Union Territories. Aspects related to production, distribution, hygiene, labelling, packaging, monitoring, and quality assurance have been reviewed to generate a catalogue of good practices.

The study aims to draw a minimum sample across five states to capture beneficiary perspectives on the pulses received through the Govt. of India’s Pulses scheme during the period of September 2018 to August 2019.

The World Food Programme (WFP) India has undertaken several demonstration projects with the state governments of Odisha to showcase the impact, operational feasibility and cost efficiency of rice fortification on children's health and nutrition.

This good practice compendium is an outcome of ‘the Map and Exchange Good Practices (MEGP) Initiative’ jointly led by National institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and United Nations World Food Programme.

Millets are classified as “coarse grains” and are a part of staple diet in some parts of rural India. While millets are nutritionally superior to cereals, their consumption is skewed to subsistence farmers or families belonging to lower income strata. There has been newfound demand in urban markets, however it is yet not significant to accelerate movement across value-chain.

The case studies given in this document will give a holistic understanding of how Odisha Millet Mission has managed to make an impact on the millet value chain leading t an increase in its demand and supply.

Despite being a staple food in semi-arid tropics and drought-prone regions in India, millets consumption is low as people perceive it as traditional, coarse and of low aspirational value. Investment through increased awareness, availability of quality products that appeal to people’s taste, acceptance of millets as climate smart nutritious diet will not only enhance dietary diversity but also will put pressure on improving supply.

This publication highlights why millets should be included in social welfare schemes to increase their availability and therefore per household consumption. To maintain the regular supply of millets under any of the schemes, the quality and quantity of raw millets should be monitored continuously.

Lack or near absence of minimum support price is the key limitation for the production of small millet crops in the country. Bringing small millets under MSP will create a supportive environment that has long term dividends ranging from sustainable food and nutrition security to protection of environment.

Inadequate availability of efficient millet processing equipment in our country, is one of the key limitations of the millet ecosystem. It can be addressed by encouraging research and development to bring highly competitive processing equipment in the market.

A three-day regional conference on the theme of improving humanitarian response and strengthening food systems in climate fragilities and disasters was organised from 30 November to 2 December by the National Institute of Disaster Management and United Nations World Food Programme with the thematic session partners, Global network of civil society organisations for disaster reduction and U-Inspire Alliance.

WFP has been involved in efforts to build and strengthen nationally led social protection systems in West Africa to be more comprehensive and inclusive; assisting people with diverse and intersecting vulnerabilities, in order to effectively tackle food insecurity and malnutrition, and rapidly respond when shocks occur.

WFP in Western Africa is responding to the impact of the global food crisis in the Sahel region by providing support to governments to enhance their national social protection systems to be more resilient, reactive to shocks and address food security.

The Quarterly Bulletin of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India presents some of the highlights from April-June 2022

The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has the highest levels of inequality and inequity globally. In addition, the combined effects of COVID-19 have amplified the food emergency and threatened to increase the number of food and nutrition insecure people in the region.

In response to this scenario, WFP's vision for nutrition in LAC integrates 3 main entry points: nutrition systems integration within social protection frameworks, evidence generation for informed decision making, and partnering for results.

We invite you to learn more about the current food and nutrition security situation in the region, and how WFP prioritizes nutrition as a central element of our operations.

Lessons from the COVID-19 response for informing the Global Food Crisis response