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WFP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Samir Wanmali visited Bhutan in January, reaffirming WFP’s commitment and support to the Government and people of Bhutan.
Operational Updates
• WFP conducted a consultation workshop for Agriculture Resilience Plan in the four districts (Zhemgang, Trongsa, Tsirang, and Sarpang) where the Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA) project is being held. The workshop validated the findings of the Consolidate Livelihood Exercise for Analyzing Resilience report from 28 October to 14November. Over 200 participants (79 percent men, 21 percent women) represented a diverse range of stakeholders, including district sector heads, lead farmers, local governments leaders, NGO representatives, extension officers, and Project Management Unit (PMU) staff. Nutrition-sensitive awareness was also provided during the community consultations.
• To strengthen the capacity and skills in community engagement, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and effective project implementation, WFP in collaboration with the Tarayana Foundation, conducted a three-day training from 27 Januaryto 3 February. The training was aimed at the newly recruited 37 sanam jabjorpas (community mobilizers) for the BRECSA project. Seventy participants (31 percent women, 69 percent men) comprising sanam jabjorpas, district officials, PMU staff, and Tarayana programme officers. WFP conducted a desktop review and development of data collection guides for the qualitative study on food availability, accessibility, affordability, and consumption, targeting women and girls in the project districts. WFP will support the Tarayana Foundation in completing the fieldwork, analysis, and report compilation for the study in Q1 of 2025.