Description
Food-for-work programmes involve providing food as payment to individuals participating in community projects, such as infrastructure development or environmental restoration. This strategy addresses immediate food insecurity while promoting local development and self-reliance. By linking food aid to productive work, it helps vulnerable populations meet basic nutritional needs, supports livelihoods, and builds essential assets, thereby reducing dependency on direct food relief and fostering sustainable improvements in community resilience and economic stability.
Context
In food-for-work activities, food is used as an incentive or part-payment for beneficiaries who participate in various projects.
Implementation
In certain World Food Programme (WFP) activities, villagers receive food rations in exchange for work as varied as: planting trees to reforest an eroded mountain-side; building a community library, making saleable crafts and building water cisterns.
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Global strategies
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(D) Detailed strategies
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English
1A4N
J4240
DOCID
12042400
D7NID
209508
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Last update
Dec 3, 2024