Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project

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The development objective of Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Program for Egypt is to ensure the short-term supply of wheat for uninterrupted access to bread for poor and vulnerable households and to strengthen Egypt’s resilience to food crises. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Emergency Response Measures, Emergency Response Measures, aim to address the shortfall in imports of wheat, to minimize the disruptions in the Bread Subsidy Program and protect poor and vulnerable consumers. 2) The second component, Strengthening Preparedness and Response to Shocks, has the following sub-components: (i) Improving the resilience of the wheat supply chain and reducing loss and waste; and (ii) improving farm-level resilience and enabling sustainable domestic cereal production. 3) The third component, Project Management and Knowledge Management, aims to support project management and knowledge management activities envisaged under the project.