Attachments
Highlights
In April 2025, Cambodia launched the Third National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition (2024–2028)—a landmark framework developed by the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development, with support from WFP, UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization. The strategy sets the direction for coordinated, multisectoral action to combat food insecurity and malnutrition, aligning efforts across agriculture, industry, commerce, health, and education. It introduces five cross-cutting priorities integrating food, health, social protection, and water, sanitation, and health systems.
Operational Updates
Nutrition
• Cambodia advances its food fortification agenda as a key strategy to improve dietary quality. With WFP’s support, the Ministry of Planning finalized the National Strategy for Food Fortification 2025–2030, which is set to launch in July. Progress is also being made toward commercialization through workplace nutrition platforms, particularly targeting factory workers. A new four-year project, funded by the Government of Japan and implemented by WFP, aims to strengthen both supply and demand for fortified rice, with a focus on reaching women of reproductive age. To support this, a marketing firm has been engaged to develop a consumer-facing fortified rice brand.
Support to Nationally Determined Contributions 3.0
• As part of Cambodia’s Nationally Determined Contribution Phase 3 (NDC 3.0) formulation process— Cambodia’s national roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen climate resilience under the Paris Agreement—WFP led the development of the disaster risk management component, in close collaboration with the National Committee for Disaster Management and the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. This included conducting sectoral policy reviews, organizing consultations, and facilitating technical discussions to identify updated measures such as the expansion of early warning systems, and scaling up shock-responsive social protection. These efforts culminated in a national workshop to review and validate proposed actions, with final inputs to be submitted to the Ministry of Environment by mid-June.