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In Numbers
281,000 refugees assisted in March
USD 6.5 m cash-based transfers
USD 77.3 m (April-September 2025) net funding requirements
WFP Operations in Jordan
• Despite ongoing resource shortfalls, WFP prioritised available funding to provide essential food to the most vulnerable during the month of Ramadan. In March, WFP reinstated its full monthly assistance to refugees in camps and host communities. The amount increased from JOD 15 (USD 21) to JOD 23 (USD 32) per person. This temporary restoration was based on the WFP’s Food Security Outcome Monitoring results for the first quarter of 2025, which showed rising food insecurity among refugees during the winter. It also aimed to support increased household expenditures during Ramadan.
• Routine eligibility checks identified nearly 29,000 refugees who returned to Syria, and were therefore excluded from WFP assistance in March, representing 9 percent of the total planned beneficiaries. Consequently, WFP assisted approximately 281,000 refugees during the month.
• WFP continued its nutrition awareness education in Zaatari camp in cooperation with the International Medical Corps (IMC). By the end of March, more than 470 pregnant and breastfeeding women and children were reached through group awareness sessions and peer support groups to promote positive dietary habits.
• WFP paused the National School Feeding Programme in Ramadan. The distribution of date bars and healthy meals will resume in April in camps and communities.
• Under its livelihood and climate response activities WFP Jordan held a sensitisation workshop in March for the Credit and Loans Initiative for Modern Agricultural Technologies Enhancement project, targeting staff from the Agricultural Credit Corporation (ACC). The workshop aimed to enhance the understanding of loan officers from ACC headquarters and its Jerash, Mafraq, and Balqa branches on project activities, the concept of climate-smart agriculture, and the loan development process. It also addressed context-specific challenges and opportunities faced by farmers in Jordan.
• Furthermore, WFP and ACC launched a call for applications for Jordanian and Syrian farmers interested in training on climate-smart agriculture. The training is intended to raise awareness among farmers and agricultural small and medium enterprises in Jerash, Mafraq, and Balqa governorates about technologies and practices that enhance the resilience of their farms and businesses.
• In support of WFP, the Jordan Food Security Council launched the “No Food Waste” campaign in response to rising demand for food commodities during the holy month of Ramadan. Under the slogan “Value it, don’t waste it,” awareness materials were disseminated through local media to promote mindful consumption. The campaign sought to raise public awareness of the scale and impact of food waste, and to encourage more sustainable practices throughout the month of Ramadan and beyond.
Jordan wastes an estimated 101 kilograms of food per person annually —equivalent to approximately 1.136 million tons of food, enough to feed around 1.5 million people for an entire year.