Building Resilience in Ethiopia A Joint Food and Nutrition Security Initiative WFP,UNICEF & FAO

Context Global and regional response to chronic emergencies  IGAD IDDRSI  Global Climate Change Alliance Ethiopia is progressing  Economic growth  Social services  Social protection  Disaster Risk Management  Underweight and stunting declined (32% & 23%) But challenges remain  Stunting remains at 44.4% (and above 50% in some districts)  Trends (population, farm size), seasonality (belg retreat/ CC), weather patterns, recurrent shocks and inequitable economic growth  Variable quality of service delivery – education, health, WASH  Policy and strategy constraints - lack of systems thinking and development

Population Population & Food Security in Ethiopia

East Haraghe Despite several interventions [PSNP, Relief beneficiaries (WFP & JEOP)], East Haraghe has consistent TFP SAM seasonal admission trends

Strengthened Systems to Deliver Resilience Defined  Ability to anticipate, adapt and recover from shocks  Requires access to: Basic Social Services Safety nets Livelihood Support DRR/ DRM Basic Social Services Safety Nets Livelihood Support DRR / DRM Food & Nutrition Security Food Security & Nutrition Resilience  Ability to anticipate, adapt and recover from shocks without malnutrition spikes or damaging coping strategies  Strengthened systems that accommodate shocks by scaling-up food and nutrition response

WFP, UNICEF, FAO in Ethiopia Broad geographic and sectoral coverage  Active nation-wide with focus on areas with high levels of malnutrition Operating at scale with strong field presence  $1 Billion total annual programming budget  Over 1,400 personnel in all regions of the country Complementary Programme Strategies  WFP: Food and nutrition security through livelihoods promotion, DRM and relief  UNICEF: Health (including WASH) and nutrition focus within a health systems building approach  FAO: Food and nutrition security through agriculture, markets and pastoral development Multi-lateral and Bilateral Initiatives  FAO/WFP/UNICEF: P4P/PAA the purchase of smallholder farmer produce for school feeding/ social protection programmes/ piloting cash transfers; Watershed Management Plus (a joint planning initiative undertaken by the joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP resilience initiative)  REACH & Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) initiatives

Hotspot Woredas & WFP-UNICEF-FAO field presence

FAO  Integrated watershed management  Dietary diversity  P4P with WFP  Sustainable agriculture, crop diversification, livestock to improve dietary value  Community-led complementary food production  Hunger-free schools – P4P/ HGSF  Policy support to PSNP  Policy support to NNP  Policy support to DRM UNICEF  Community based nutrition (preventative nutrition) with community-led complementary food production  CMAM (curative nutrition)  Community-based WASH (water supply, sanitation, hygiene)  Pilot cash transfer  HEP – iCCM, immunization and primary health care  Education, especially access for adolescent girls  TVET (youth employment)  Decentralised woreda planning support  Knowledge management of best practice  Support to NNP  Policy engagement on SP policy WFP  Watershed management/livelihood support  R4 Insurance schemes for farmers and exploring livestock-based insurance  Urban HIV-Aids nutrition and livelihood saving & loans  P4P with FAO  Food for assets support through PSNP  Home-grown school feeding initiative  Humanitarian relief food and cash transfers (including using ‘waiting time during distributions’ for messaging/awareness sessions)  Policy support for DRM - Woreda Risk Profiling, and Woreda DRR plans  Technical support to Early Warning Dept including LEAP analysis and GeoNetCast Chronic Thematic Intervention Areas Stunting - Chronic Malnutrition

FAO  Agriculture sector EWS  Complementary nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions (Milk Matters)  Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards  Seeds Emergency Interventions  Cash for work – flood response  Support to DRM ATF at federal and regional levels UNICEF  Regional EPRP process and roll out of the DRM policy  Child sensitive cash transfer pilots (Tigray, SNNP and possibly Oromia)  Community Care Structures  CMAM (curative nutrition)  HEP programme, particularly EPI and PHC  Community based WASH programmes (water supply, sanitation, hygiene)  Access to education, especially for Adolescent girls  Decentralised planning (woreda level planning) WFP  Humanitarian relief food (35% caseload receiving CSB)  Cash transfers in relief  Targeted Supplementary Feeding  R4 Insurance schemes for farmers (exploring livestock index based insurance)  PSNP food transfers in Somali & Afar regions  Chick-pea based ready to eat supplementary food initiative Acute Thematic Intervention Areas Wasting - Acute Malnutrition

Resilience Strategy Overview  UNICEF, WFP and FAO are exploring complementary ways of working to achieve:  improved food security & nutrition outcomes  improved quality of support to the PSNP and GoE flagships

Plan for Action Policy Support:  National Nutrition Programme (NNP)  PSNP/HABP re-design  DRM SPIF  Social Protection policy  NNP  CRGE Integrate and Align:  Joint analysis and planning in food security and nutrition  Programmes aligned through joint area planning  Develop a common results framework  Complementary joint regional/ woreda systems strengthening  Shared knowledge management - innovate, implement, learn, share  A scale-up programme