Dushanbe – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$10 million contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea, which will support activities aiming at improving sustainable agricultural production in Tajikistan.
The funding will enable WFP to support around 200,000 people, including 40,000 youth participants, to promote skills and knowledge on digital technologies in agribusiness and rural development and create income-generating activities for vulnerable youth. WFP will also focus on asset creation, market access support and livelihoods-building programmes that incorporate digital solutions to foster nutrition-sensitive
and ecological approaches aimed at building resilience to shocks and stressors and increasing smallholder farmer production and income.
According to the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Republic of Tajikistan, in 2023 over 1.5 million people were facing acute food insecurity, nearly 50,000 of whom were severely food insecure. This year has seen an improvement in the number of acutely food-insecure people, with a decrease from 20 to 16 per cent. WFP is closely monitoring the food security and market situation, and mobilizing funds to support food-insecure families across the country.
