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Government and the
World Food Program unveiled District profiles aimed at
identifying root causes of hunger and food insecurity in the country.
According to WFP
Country Director, the District profiles' key focus areas include
infrastructure development, water and sanitation, poverty,
communications, climate, crops, livestock, markets, development
indicators, food security conditions and recommendations and will be
used to create evidence based information to help government and its
development partners fully understand challenges hindering food security
and nutrition.
"The District
Profiles, a government-owned document, build the baseline to guide all
stakeholders in working to achieve the food and nutrition goals set out
in the ZimASSET, the Zimbabwe UN Development Assistance Framework, or
ZUNDAF, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to achieve a
Zimbabwe with Zero Hunger," said WFP Country Director, Eddie Rowe.
He added that the
Districts Profiles will complement the World Food Programme's five-year
national Country Strategic Plan (2017-2021) which supports the
government's efforts to achieve this long-term objective by prioritizing
Sustainable Development Goal 2, through activities aimed at addressing
the root causes of hunger and food insecurity, and SDG 17, strengthening
partnerships for achievement of these goals.
"We are also aware
that perhaps the single most important way to achieve our plans is
through good planning and systematic monitoring and evaluation to ensure
the efficiency of our activities. Only evidence-based information that
empowers Government and partners with credible information will
effectively drive development planning.
"Objective and
well-grounded analysis contributes to increased consensus,
multi-sectoral and integrated implementation of programmes and
accountability; so too does increased community ownership of programmes
and awareness of the efforts needed to achieve our strategic goals,"
noted Rowe.
Permanent Secretary
in the Ministry of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare, Ngoni
Masoka said through the program, government commits to provide social
protection services to vulnerable groups and enhance child protection to
some groups.
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