Commitment

Reduce household insecurity to 5%

Government / Sri Lanka

January 2018 — December 2030

Description

Multi sector action plan and beyond

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Reduce Household Food insecurity to 5%

Description

This falls as one of the areas identified by the National Nutrition Policy as a priority policy area - Food and nutrition security for all citizens-. Also, it is one of the key result areas taken up by the country under the multi sector action plan " Reduce food security among households by 505 from 2009 baseline. As there is a clear commitment within the country, it is wise to include to N4G.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Refugee status or status as an internally displaced person
Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Food and nutrition security
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Measurement

Key indicator Percent of households with food security
Value Measurement date
Baseline 10.3% 2014
Target 5% December 2030

Progress

Status:
Off Course
Why this status?
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.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 9.1% December 2021

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