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WFP and Kyrgyz Government collaborates to achieve Food Security for all in the Country

WFP and Kyrgyz Government collaborates to achieve Food Security for all in the Country

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to scale up their collaboration over the next five years and re-affirm their commitment to achieving food security for all in the country.

Under the MoU, WFP’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) will be jointly implemented with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. It prioritizes school meals, food security and nutrition, as well as the improvement of rural livelihoods and food productivity in the face of climate change.

Vice Prime Minister, Altynai Omurbekova said, “We thank WFP for its assistance and look forward to intensifying our joint efforts towards achieving our country’s priorities – the elimination of poverty, of inequality and of all forms of malnutrition while at the same time expanding school meals and other social protection programmes.”

The CSP focuses on supporting national institutions and local authorities to strengthen their capacity for comprehensive food security and nutrition management.

This five-year strategy aims to improve access to nutritious food for all primary schoolchildren in Kyrgyzstan and to support over 100,000 poor families – particularly women – in selected underdeveloped communities with a view to improving people’s livelihoods and their ability to cope with natural disasters and climate change.

WFP Representative and Country Director in the Kyrgyz Republic, Andrea Bagnoli said, “WFP and the Kyrgyz Government are working together to help ensure that all people of the Kyrgyz Republic become food secure and lead healthy, productive lives. We will continue working with people from across the country – from those living in remote valleys right up to government ministers – to ensure that the voices and needs of vulnerable people are better heard and listened to by decision makers.”

The CSP has been developed through a participatory process in close collaboration with the government, development partners, national institutions and communities.

WFP has been present in the Kyrgyz Republic since 2008, supporting the government in strengthening national social protection systems, boosting community resilience to shocks and stresses, and improving the provision of school meals in the country.

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