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Highlights
A delegation from the Government of Nigeria, and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition visited India to understand the journey of rice fortification in the country. They met with officials from the national and state governments and visited the state of Odisha to observe the production, machinery, safety standards and quality control systems. Additionally, the delegation witnessed the distribution and consumption of fortified rice through various government food-based safety net schemes, including the Public Distribution Systems, Mid-Day School Meals, and Integrated Child Development Services.
Operational Updates
Social Protection and Supply Chain
• WFP completed a supply chain optimisation analysis of the transportation network for the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) in 24 states.
• WFP is supporting the government to replace traditional storage with Flospans (prefabricated frameless storage structure) to increase capacity and reduce losses. The second Flospan and fourth mobile storage unit were installed in Himachal Pradesh.
• WFP has installed the first of 20 Annapurti solutions (grain dispensing machine) in Uttarakhand. This is part of the planned state-wide Annapurti scale-up.
With this installation, WFP has now installed 9 Annapurti solutions across India.
• On 14 September, WFP and the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay signed an agreement. This will facilitate collaboration in evidence generation, promotion of technology and innovations, research, and scale-ups in the food and nutrition security sector.
The Rajasthan Food and Nutrition Security Analysis Report 2023 was launched by the Planning Department of the Government of Rajasthan and WFP. The report provides a comprehensive analysis on the food security and nutrition status as well as measures being taken in the State and put forward various policy recommendations. WFP provided technical assistance in conceptualizing the analysis, collating and synthesizing various data sets, and drafting and dissemination of the report.