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WFP says food stocks very low

    NAIROBI

    The World Food Programme (WFP) says it plans to reduce the frequency of food distributions in Burundi because stocks of commodities are very low.

    In its emergency report of 28 March, its latest, WFP said 10,850 people in need of food in the central province of Gitega could not be aided in March due to low stocks. Supplies from the port of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania are required to respond to food requirements in Burundi.

    The agency said new food-for-work projects had been suspended because of the shortage of food.

    From 17 to 23 March, WFP said it distributed 1,543 mt of food to 125,528 beneficiaries. However, insecurity and insufficient stocks continued to hamper distributions. Insecurity prevented the delivery of more than 700 mt of food to 66,570 recipients in Bujumbura Rural, Ruyigi and Gitega provinces.

    Distributions resumed in Karuzi Province after a suspension of four weeks due to insecurity and lack of access.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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