Commitment

Increase the proportion of fortified staples out of the staples distributed by WFP each year (i.e., wheat flour, maize flour and rice)

Multilateral organisation / Italy

January 2022 — December 2025

Description

WFP has five decades of experience in using fortified foods to address malnutrition and enhancing governments and local private sector' capacities in this area. In the coming years, a focus will be on strengthening our food procurement footprint at global, regional and local level, as well as our support to local manufacturers.

At the same time, WFP will work with governments in at least 40 countries to enhance their standard setting, regulatory, enabling and enforcement capacities as well as leveraging public procurement and distribution channels to ensure that fortified food reaches the most vulnerable.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Increasing food fortification efforts

Description

WFP is committed to scale up its food fortification efforts in the coming years, as part of our broader commitment to meet the nutrient needs of the most vulnerable, especially in fragile settings. To this end, WFP commits to increasing the proportion, by volume, of fortified staples out of the staples distributed each year (i.e., wheat flour, maize flour and rice), from 60% in 2020 to 80% in 2025, while working to ensure that national systems in at least 40 countries are able to bring fortified foods within reach of the most vulnerable people.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index
High
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Community geography
  • Economic status of country
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Food supply chain
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food
  • Resilience

Measurement

Key indicator Proportion of fortified staples out of the staples distributed by WFP each year (i.e., wheat flour, maize flour and rice)
Value Measurement date
Baseline 60% 2020
Target 80% December 2025

Progress

Status:
On Course
Why this status?
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.
Value Measurement date
Progress report 80% December 2023

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