WFP Tanzania Country Brief, December 2020
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USD 14.2 million six-month funding shortfall for refugee assistance
240,000 refugees and asylum seekers in camps supported with food assistance
Operational Updates
Support to refugee communities: Due to funding shortfalls, WFP continued to distribute 68 percent of the minimum required kcal to the refugees. The continuation of reduced rations increases the risk of deterioration of the refugees’ nutritional status. As per the findings of the 2020 Community Household Survey, households with acceptable food consumption decreased from 86 percent in 2019 to 81 percent. By mid-December, voluntary repatriation stood at 3,148 returnees.
Smallholder Farmers: In Dodoma region, the Climate Smart Agriculture Project partnered with the Tanzania Metrological Authority to facilitate information sharing for farmers on weather forecast alerts during the planting season. Farmers used to plant without knowing exactly when the rains were starting a
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Country-strategic
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