Attachments
In numbers
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435,342 people were assisted
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692 mt of food was distributed
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US$38,694 cash-based transfers made
Operational Updates
School Feeding
• WFP is supporting the capacity building of local schools through various initiatives, including the renovation, and equipping of school kitchens and canteens. A total of 55 schools were selected for the renovation of their kitchens and canteens, as well as the provision of kitchen equipment, canteen furniture, and kitchen utensils. Phase 1 of the project - renovating kitchens and canteens – has seen significant progress. Phase two - the delivery of modern kitchen equipment, furniture, and utensils – will commence once renovation is completed.
Nutrition
• WFP is implementing its prevention and treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) programme. In 2023, the programme effectively served 5,202 children under the age of 5 years, making a significant 23 percent decrease in beneficiaries compared to 2022. Additionally, the programme offered consultations on proper child-feeding practices to over 5,000 parents/guardians and provided on-the-job training to nearly 500 healthcare workers. Overall, during the last five years of programme implementation, more than 40,000 children received treatment, achieving a remarkable recovery rate of over 99 percent.
Resilience
• In partnership with the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP), an ICT-based mechanism for delivery of climate information and agro-advisory to smallholder farmers was initiated. In January 2024, 4,134 smallholder farmers from 11 districts were included in the SMS-based climate information and advisory system and received an introductory SMS message about the ICT-based mechanism. WFP will use the channel to provide climate information and tailored advisories to farmers for next nine months until August 2024.
• Under Green Climate Fund (GCF) project, WFP continued to support construction of productive and protective assets including 17 community storage structures, nine drinking water systems, rehabilitation of 28 km of irrigation canal, installation of drip irrigation in 43 ha of orchards, 12 household storage and 23 community storages, 11 solar water pumps and establishment of agroforestry in 175 ha of land. With cash assistance for assets, 254 beneficiary households received cash transfers equivalent to USD 20,600.
• Under the GCF project, a training of trainers (TOT) on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) was organised in Fayzobod district on 15-19 January 2024. A total of 21 trainers, including two women, who will be involved in conducting community level PICSA workshops in 2024, received the training on PICSA.
• Under the USAID supported Tajikistan Food Security Safety Net project (TFSSN), the construction of 40 greenhouses with vertical agriculture, and 10 mushroom production facilities are ongoing in four districts and towns (Varzob, Sharinav, Vahdat, Yovon), and will be completed in February. In addition, rehabilitation of 130 km of irrigation canal and establishment of 30 ha of agroforestry have also begun in January.