Description
Sri Lanka has committed to reducing household food insecurity to 5%.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
This is a key result area under the 2018–2025 Multi-sector Action Plan for Nutrition: “Reduce food insecurity among households by 50% from the 2009 baseline.”
Description
Food and nutrition security is a priority area within Sri Lanka’s 2020–2030 National Nutrition Policy.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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Impact >
Food and nutrition security
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Percentage of food-insecure households |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 10.3% | 2014 |
| Target | 5% | December 2030 |
Progress
| Value | Measurement date | Status | |
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| Progress report | 9.1% | December 2021 |
Off Course
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had not yet been achieved and is not expected to be achieved by the end date, but as the end date is not yet reached, it could be still be possible to reach and maintain the target level.
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