1. 1.4 104 Title of Advocacy Piece $12million
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Title of Advocacy Piece
On 25 April 2015 a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, followed by multiple aftershocks, struck Nepal, which resulted in over 8,790 casualties and 22,300 injuries. The Nepal Food Security (FSC) was activated following the earthquake and is led by the Ministry of Agricultural Development and co-led by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
104
Partners participating in FSC
1.4
Million people targeted
000 women
000 men
The FSC aims to ensure continued and regular access to food for the most vulnerable populations through food and cash assistance mechanisms and protect, rehabilitate and support livelihoods of the most vulnerable by sustainably restocking, restoring, protecting and maintaining agricultural production capacities.
The winter in Nepal, which lasts from November to March, puts additional pressure on already vulnerable populations living in high- altitude areas (>1,500 metres), who become more dependent on purchased food and contributions during this period, and who lack sufficient facilities for post-harvest storage following the destruction of their homes and traditional storage structures in the earthquake. Studies conducted in recent years show that populations can spend up to 78 percent of their income on agriculture imports during winter.
Funding requirements
$12million
In response to the encroaching winter season FSC partners have pre- positioned 2,255MT of food commodities in seven hubs across the earthquake-affected districts and plan to reach 185,600 earthquake- affected people in 86 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) III Village Development Committees (VDCs) across five districts for planting and harvesting of crops. To help communities build resilience WFP and FAO are collaborating to build post-harvest storage facilities in Sindhupalchok and Gorkha. FSC partners also plan to deliver food and livelihoods assistance for up to 395,500 people in 159 IPC Phase III + IV VDCs through a combination of conditional food, cash and agriculture and livelihoods inputs.
Between December and March 2016 upper hills will be supported with vegetable farming, mineral mixtures for animal feed, maize seeds and beans for intercropping. 30% of the total food requirement is planned to be delivered by air, however due to fuel shortages relief items are stuck at the border and at in-country hubs, effectively halting aid provision. There is an urgent need to provide food assistance to 10 VDCs in high mountains
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of Ramechhap and Rasuwa districts, including Langtang Valley, that have not benefited from any food assistance to-date.
Valley, that have not benefited from any food assistance to-date If humanitarian supplies does not reach beneficiaries soon the planting season for wheat and forage seeds for communities living at 2,500m above sea level will be lost. Securing adequate finance for FSC Partners to continue programmes that support the affected populations with life-saving assistance and develop resilience during the winter period is critical.
In August 2015, the Nepal Food Security Monitoring System identified 234 VDCs as severely and highly food insecure (IPC Phase III + IV). Currently, FSC partners have activities planned in 159 of these VDCs leaving a gap of 75 VDCs (approximately 156,000 people) across five districts (Kavrepalanchok, Ramechhapp, Sindhuli, Okhuldhunga and Rasuwa). Of these outstanding VDCs, 18 are above 1,500
metres. To enable FSC partners to meet the present and future scale of needs additional resources, estimated at USD 5 million, are urgently required.
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