Food For Work

An Example from Nepal

Nepal is a LDC and LIFDC with 42% population below the poverty line47% of population suffer from inadequate calorie intake

Nepal covers three main agro-ecological zones: terai, hills and mountains

A high percentage of the hungry poor are concentrated in the hill and mountain districts

VAM Unit, WFP, Nepal, August 1999

COMPOSITE VULNERABILITY STATUSNEPAL

kilometres

0 100 200

Indicators: Percapita food availability, Percentage of cultivated areas,Road density, Percentage of irrigated areas, Chronic malnutrition in children,Infant mortality rate, Natural disaster effects, Overall literacy rate,Net enrolment rate, Boys / girls enrolment ratio, Percentage of girl dropout

ARGHAKHANCHI

BAGLUNG

BAJHANG

DARCHULA

BAJURA

SOLUKHUMBU

RAMECHHAP

SINDHULI

KAVRE

SARLAHI

RASUWA

GORKHA

CHITWAN

PARSA

UDAYAPUR

SIRAHA

SYANGJA

NUWAKOT

KATHMANDU

MAHOTTARI

SAPTARI

RAUTAHAT

PANCHTHAR

TEHRATHUM

DHANKUTA

MUGU

DOLPAJUMLADOTI KALIKOT

ACHHAM

DAILEKHJAJARKOT

SURKHETRUKUM

BARDIYA SALYAN

ROLPA

PARBATBANKE PYUTHAN

DHADINGDANG

GULMI

SINDHUPALCHOK

DOLAKHA

TANAHU

PALPA

NAWALPARASIKAPILBASTU

RUPANDEHIBHAKTAPUR

MAKWANPUR

LALITPUR

OKHALDHUNGA

KHOTANGBARA

ILAMDHANUSA

MORANGSUNSARIJHAPA

HUMLA

BAITADI

DADELDHURA

KANCHANPUR

KAILALI

MUSTANG

MANANG

MYAGDI

KASKI

LAMJUNG

SANKHUWASABHATAPLEJUNG

BHOJPUR

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HighMediumLow

Indicators: Per capita food availability, Percentage of cultivated areas, Road density, Percentage of irrigated areas, Chronic malnutrition in children, Infant mortality rate, Natural disaster effects, Overall literacy rate, Net enrolment rate, Boys / girls enrolment ratio, Percentage of girl dropout

Rural Community InfrastructureWorks – RCIW

Joint FFW Programme with GTZand WFP

RCIW objectives• Enable hungry, rural poor to

invest time in creating productive assets leading to food security

• Improve physical access, agricultural production and natural resource management

• Enhance capacity-building at the local level, especially for women

RCIW approach: Integrated Food Security

• ‘Backbone’ asset• Complementary activities:

– social mobilization– functional literacy– savings & credit– productive micro-initiatives

(fishponds, orchards, irrigation)– community-managed tourism

•Agro-forestry•Fruit orchard(Micro-project)

Agro-forestry(Micro project)

Fish pond

•Irrigation•Fruit orchard(Micro-projects)

•Women’s PLA group•Savings & credit

Target area

Community

•Rural Road(Core-project)

RCIW today:Shifting towards more food deficit areas

RCIW: what’s different?

1. Partnership2. Innovations

– Convoys through Tibet– Food-for-portering– Tools for participation and

transparency

3. Continues to operate under current security conditions

1. Partnerships: current and upcoming

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

German Agency for Technical Assistance (GTZ)

Department for International Development (DFID)

Danish Agency for Development Assistance (Danida)

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)

UNDP

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

FAO

UNESCO

2. Innovations reaching the hungry in remote areas

Convoys through Tibet:

A 7-day, 1300km journey to Humla

Food transport by yak caravan

Food-for-portering

Tools for community participation and transparency

RCIW’s main community-level partners are the User Groups of the beneficiary households

To promote transparency, all payments are made in group meetings and public audits are carried out by User Groups

3. Continues to operate under current security conditions

•Provides direct, concrete assistance:

•for assets valued by communities

•in a form (food aid) valued by communities

•Successfully targets the poorest households

•Maintains reputation for transparency

Poverty and insecurity: no coincidence

RCIW alleviates poverty, and reduces underlying causes of conflict

•Increases food availability in the short term (food-for-work)

•Creates assets that improve long-term food availability and access to food (rural roads, irrigation systems)

•Provides opportunities for increased income (micro-projects and skill development)

Message:Message:

RCIW works. If we have the RCIW works. If we have the resources, we can deliver.resources, we can deliver.