Food

1
Food Agriculture Sector Team Update

• 18 September 2004

2
General Observations

• Shortage of food stocks at household level
• People suffering from less or no income at
  household level to buy food
• Inadequate labour opportunities due to low level
  cultivation work, inundation or stagnation of
  water in low lying pockets

3
GoB Food Relief Distribution

• 2004/05 Allocation 100,000 MT
• GR distribution to 4.750 million families in
• 41 districts affected 47,500
  MT
• VGF in to 959,300 families in 11 erosion
• affected districts 9,593 MT
• VGF i) 2.500 million 25,000 MT
• ii) 2.500 million 25,000 MT
  (10 Kg per family per month)
• FFW activities in 52 districts 40,000 MT

4
NGOs Food Relief Distribution

• National / International NGOs 18,738 MT
• No of families 1,043,200
• Rice 13,927 MT
• Ration Scale 1kg per family per day
• Other commodities
• Oil, Pulses, Salt, Fortified Biscuits
• 35 NGOs involved in food relief distribution

5
WFP EMOP

• Total Food 191,000 tons US 74 million
• 158 Upazilas in 19 districts in four phases
• First two phase included in Flash Appeal
• October in 6 districts 903,800 households
• November in 5 districts 900,100 households
• December in 5 districts 607,000 households
• Commodities Rice/wheat, Fortified Biscuits,
  Blended Food

6
Monitoring of Food Distribution

• Existing VGF Mechanism
• -Union VGF committees prepare lists of
  beneficiaries
• -Army personnel verifies accuracy
• -GoB Upazila staff ensures appropriate
  distributions
• Upazila committees to monitor and report on
  distributions