Commitment
Increased access to fortified rice by integration into Social Protection Program
Description
By 2030, Nepal Food Management and Trading Company Limited, in collaboration with the National Planning Commission (NPC), Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), and Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supply (MoICS), commits to expanding the distribution of fortified rice through existing social protection programs at a subsidized cost across all 753 local levels. Progress will be monitored through the Annual Review of the MSNP Program and periodic joint monitoring involving NPC, MoHP, MoALD, and MoICS.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Pending verification
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Food supply chain
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of districts with fortified rice distributed through existing social protection programs |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 11 Number of districts where distribution of fortified rice is scaled-up integrating into existing social protection prgram | December 2024 |
| Target | 77 Number of districts where distribution of fortified rice is scaled-up integrating into existing social protection prgram | December 2030 |
