Joint report seeks continued food assistance

The minister of agriculture and livestock recently presented the Joint FAO/FP/UNICEF and the ministry of agriculture crop and food supply assessment mission report and requested for continued food assistance, WFP said in its weekly emergency update. In the mean time the agency is preparing the future seeds protection rations (SPR) distribution campaign due to start in September, in collaboration with FAO and implementing partners. Of the 187,500 households planned by FAO for seeds distributions, WFP has initially targeted 112,000 households to receive the SPR. The operation will require 6,160 tons of food, the agency said. Further targeting will be conducted by WFP and implementing partners on the basis of the list of FAO seed beneficiaries. During the second half of July, WFP food economy assessment teams conducted food security assessment in Makamba, Rutana and Ruyigi provinces where people are repeatedly victims of insecurity. WFP conducted follow up assessments in Vumbi and Gitobe communes in Kirundo province, which hosts about 59,000 people. After having assessed several communes in Karuzi province, WFP recommended continued food assistance to about 22,477 households, until October.