FOOD SECURITY

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The project will at the national level, (a) reduce the Government's response time for reacting to national food crisis, (b) improve the targeting of food security programs to concentrate on low income groups in drought-prone provinces, and (c) provide a data base and logistic frame for rational decision-making on food security and nutritional issues. The project will provide assistance for: (1) an institutional focal point within the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MOAL) for food security management; (2) an integrated Early Warning Systems, and improving the data gathering and analysis capacity of the MOAL; (3) income earning opportunities in some of the most drought-prone provinces during the dry season and period of low labor demand; (4) income generating activities directed predominantly at women, which is essential for improved nutritional status of children; and (5) a nutrition Information, Education Communication campaign to bring about behavioral changes in child weaning and feading practices.