COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Annexes Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Implementing EU food and nutrition security policy commitments: Third biennial report
Date: 2018-10-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission
Subjects: adaptation to climate change, agricultural production policy, aid to agriculture, development aid, food aid, food production, malnutrition, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 17.10.2018 SWD(2018) 440 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Annexes Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Implementing EU food and nutrition security policy commitments: Third biennial report   {COM(2018) 699 final}  
 
 
Table of Contents 

1.  ADDITIONAL FIGURES AND EXAMPLES OF INTERVENTION, BY PRIORITY .......................... 3 

1.1.  An overview of food and nutrition security as part of EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) .............. 3 

1.2. 

1.3. 

1.4. 

1.5. 

Progress against performance criteria ............................................................................................................... 4 

Examples of interventions per priority .............................................................................................................. 6 

Progress towards policy priorities and performance criteria ........................................................................... 10 

EU and Member States’ support to partner countries ..................................................................................... 12 

2.  CASE STUDIES....................................................................................................................................... 16 

2.1. 

2.2. 

EU joint programming in Senegal ................................................................................................................... 16 

EU joint programming in Laos ....................................................................................................................... 16 

2.3.  Nepal, Rural Village Water Resources Management Project ......................................................................... 17 

3.  FURTHER DETAILS ON THE THEMATIC FOCUS ........................................................................... 18 

3.1.  Climate-resilient approaches ........................................................................................................................... 18 

3.2.  Nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices ........................................................................................................ 19 

4.  METHODOLOGY FOR THE NATIONAL REPORTS AND PROGRAMMES SPREADSHEET 
DATABASE .................................................................................................................................................... 21 

Acronyms 

CAADP 
CGIAR 
CFS 
DeSIRA 
EU 
FAO 
G7 
G20 
GAIN   
GCF 
GEF 
IFAD   
IPC 
JP 
NDC 
ODA 
SDG 
SUN 
UNCCD 
UNFCCC 
UNICEF 
WFP 

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme 
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research 
Committee on World Food Security 
Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture 
European Union 
Food and Agriculture Organisation 
Group of 7 
Group of 20 
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 
Green Climate Fund 
Global Environment Facility 
International Fund for Agricultural Development 
Integrated Phase Classification 
Joint Programming 
Nationally Determined Contribution 
Official Development Assistancec 
Sustainable Development Goal 
Scaling Up Nutrition movement 
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
United Nations Children’s Fund 
World Food Programme 

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This Staff Working Document (SWD) accompanies the third “Implementing EU food and nutrition security 
policy commitments”. 

The third report highlights the progress the EU and its Member States have achieved towards implementing 
their  common  policy  to  assist  developing  countries  in  addressing  food  security  challenges1.  Since  its 
adoption  in  2010,  the  policy  framework  has  guided  the  EU  and  its  Member  States  in  engaging  in 
international cooperation and development assistance concerning food security. A specific Implementation 
Plan  was  adopted  in  2013,  further  detailing  commitments  in  this  area.  Alongside  global  and  EU 
development  goals  and  initiatives  that  have  arisen  since  2010,  the  EU  and  its  Member  States  have  again 
joined forces to report on their activities as a response to their commitments in  the 2010 policy and 2013 
implementation  plan.  A  first  biennial  report  was  issued  in  2014,  with  a  second  following  in  2016.  In  line 
with  Article  210(2)  TFEU,  the  third  report  is  coordinated  by  the  Commission,  with  inputs  from  the 
following  Member  States:  Austria,  Belgium,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Ireland,  Italy,  the  Netherlands, 
Spain and the United Kingdom.  

1 An EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges, COM(2010)127. 

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1.  ADDITIONAL FIGURES AND EXAMPLES OF INTERVENTION, BY PRIORITY 

1.1. An overview of food and nutrition security as part of EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) 

The countries marked in orange contributed to the third implementation plan report. 

Donor 
Austria 
Belgium 
Czech Republic 
Denmark 
Finland 
France 
Germany 
Greece 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Poland 
Portugal 
Slovak Republic 
Slovenia 
Spain 
Sweden 
United Kingdom 
Estonia 
Hungary 
Lithuania 
Romania 

Total ODA In EUR all sectors 
2012 
422.712.827 
1.149.080.008 
51.686.641 
1.588.122.006 
623.529.283 
7.319.150.079 
7.946.628.741 
83.490.552 
417.144.747 
558.353.060 
217.449.034 
3.083.975.538 

2014 
483.356.485 
1.031.111.304 
47.162.147 
1.712.999.254 
706.683.922 
6.262.409.486 
10.830.852.982 
34.743.709 
394.478.442 
1.099.340.258 
229.534.749 
3.150.544.328 
78.047.081 
219.036.957 
12.334.949 
15.234.123 
531.757.577 
3.330.455.847 
8.922.307.722 
11.307.006 
22.684.746 
4.856.241 
52.641.818 

338.529.992 

14.861.684 
833.525.053 
2.853.599.398 
6.881.796.463 

2016 
1.126.128.628 
1.748.312.955 

2012 
16.651.992 
158.786.599 

Food security ODA in EUR 
2014 
12.879.289 
143.387.169 

2016 
24.413.153 
158.847.031 

635.951.733 
7.655.507.118 
20.386.274.876 

53.087.053 
362.425.577 
613.220.731 

63.732.037 
388.151.346 
760.657.517 

386.141.680 
2.298.935.352 

94.009.945 
90.680.023 

89.501.101 
107.287.557 

46.525.862 
456.245.727 
887.441.641 

106.864.399 
83.895.526 

3.017.250.954 

317.625.913 

317.300.731 

438.456.366 

2.722.171.197 

55.672.264 

43.327.267 

10.552.422.876 

656.156.719 

595.964.413 

729.433.390 

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EU Institutions 

14.083.076.263 

13.908.569.962 

18.813.994.310 

821.742.924  1.015.118.912 

1.224.772.700 

MS non-allocated 
Total EU ODA 
Total ODA MS and EU 
reporting 

48.466.711.370 

53.092.451.093 

181.398.586 

109.035.374 

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43.318.972.063 

47.321.412.468 

69.343.091.679 

3.365.786.061  3.658.687.711 

4.200.223.062 

Percentage of food and nutrition security in EU total ODA 
Percentage of reporting Member States in EU total ODA 

1.2. Progress against performance criteria 

2012 
7,8% 
89,4% 

2014 
7,7% 
89,1% 

2016 
6,1% 

The table shows disbursements, number of programmes and number of countries which received funding per policy priority. 

Performance criteria 

Number of programmes 

Support received 

Number of Countries 

Year 

2012 

2014 

2016 

   2012  2014 

2016 

   2012  2014 

2016 

1. Improve smallholders’ resilience and 

livelihoods 

2. Support effective governance 

3. Support regional agriculture and food 

1,560 

1,822 

410 

588 

1,863 

632 

   2,022  2,137 

395 

535 

2,120 

698 

108 

84 

103 

92 

108 

87 

and nutrition security 

98 

188 

228 

151 

191 

226 

4. Strengthen social protection 

mechanisms for food and nutrition 

security 

5. Enhance nutrition 

94 

278 

102 

341 

123 

455 

209 

467 

133 

504 

254 

638 

40 

63 

40 

64 

44 

71 

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and development actors to increase 

resilience 

63 

148 

161 

122 

159 

265 

18 

37 

37 

Of which… 

Research programmes 

Gender sensitive programmes 

    Principal objective 

    Significant objective 

Climate change adaptation programmes 

    Principal objective 

    Significant objective 

Climate change mitigation programmes 

    Principal objective 

    Significant objective 

149 

154 

463  (  13%  ) 

379 

300 

493  (  12%  ) 

1,878  (  54%  ) 

155  ( 

4%  ) 

1,723  (  50%  ) 

1,344  (  39%  ) 

308  ( 

9%  ) 

1,036  (  30%  ) 

598  (  17%  ) 

82  ( 

2%  ) 

516  (  15%  ) 

2,404  (  57%  ) 

171  ( 

4%  ) 

2,233  (  53%  ) 

1,826  (  43%  ) 

342  ( 

8%  ) 

1,484  (  35%  ) 

693  (  16%  ) 

75  ( 

2%  ) 

618  (  15%  ) 

69 

97 

51 

97 

95 

67 

91 

89 

40 

86 

  (  61%  ) 

(  85%  ) 

(  45%  ) 

(  85%  ) 

(  83%  ) 

(  59%  ) 

(  80%  ) 

(  78%  ) 

(  35%  ) 

(  75%  ) 

Total 

2,503 

3,343  3,462 

   3,366  3,659  4,200 

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1.3. Examples of interventions per priority 

Priority 1: Improve smallholders' resilience and livelihoods 
EU institutions 
(1) 
Austria (1) 
Belgium (1) 
Belgium (2) 
Finland (1) 
France (1) 
France (2) 
France (3) 
Germany (1) 

Support to International Agricultural Research for Development 2013 - CGIAR component 
Organic Agriculture Support Initiative (OASI)  - ADC Co-financing 
Programme de Développement Agricole dans les districts de Kwilu et de Kwango (Province Bandundu) 
Développement des filières du safran et du palmier dattier dans la région de Souss-Massa-Draa 
Farmers' Clubs for wealth creation among smallholder farmers in Mozambique 
Recherches scientifiques et techniques autour du développement des pays du sud 
CONTRIBU° FINCT 2è PHASE WSDP 
PROGRAMME D'APPUI AU PILIERIIPLAN VERT 
Lending for African Farming/LAFCO 
Value chain Development: Improving Livelihoods of smallholders and pastoral: Incr income & improve livelihoods of approx18k cocoa 
smallholder farmers 
Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme -Drslp 

Ireland (1) 
Italy (1) 
Netherlands (1)  DSO Food Security - NICHE&NFP 
African Fund for Agriculture (AAF) 
Spain (1) 
Support to the Private Sector Fund of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme. 
UK (1) 

Priority 2: Support effective governance 
EU institutions 
(1) 
EU institutions 
(2) 
EU institutions 
(3) 
Austria (1) 

Contrat de réforme sectorielle en appui « au secteur de Sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle et développement agricole durable » au Nige 

Programme d'appui aux politiques publiques de gestion des ressources en eau pour le développement rural et agricole 

Contrat de Réforme Sectoriel   Appui Budgétaire au Programme d'Appui du Foncier Rural   Côte d'Ivoire 
Multi actor program supporting entrepreneurship of young girls and boys in the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector in 4 regions of Burkina Faso 
Développement economique durable et gestion stratégique des ressources naturelles dans les régions de Apurímac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, 
Junín et Pasco 
FINBOL; Improved Capacity to Provide Services for Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change 
ORGANISATION PRODUCTEUR AGRI FAMILIAL DU 

Belgium (1) 
Finland (1) 
France (1) 

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Forest and Environment Programme 
Civil Society Programme Funding: 1 Key government and private sector actors use evidence from the programme to adapt and improve 
service delivery to 
Italian technical assistance to the agrarian reform program - iarcdsp - expert fund 

Ireland (1) 
Italy (1) 
Netherlands (1)  Blue Gold Program 
Spain (1) 
UK (1) 

14-CO1-293/VETERMON/Honduras/2,5m €/Fortalecimiento de las capacidades 
Land certification and adminstration support to the Government- Financial Aid 

Priority 3: Support regional agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security policies 
EU institutions 
(1) 
EU institutions 
(2) 

Appui à l’opérationnalisation du « Système Régional intégré d’Information Agricole »   ECOAGRIS du programme d'appui au stockage de 
sécuri 

Belgium (1) 
Finland (1) 
France (1) 
Germany (1) 
Italy (1) 
Netherlands (1) 
Spain (1) 
UK (1) 

Soutien au Plan Régional de lutte et de contrôle des mouches des fruits en Afrique de l'Ouest  
Strengthening integrated adaptation planning and implementation in Southern Africa smallholder agricultural systems to support food 
security 
Impacts of climate change on ecosystems in Eastern Africa 
MODERNISATION POLITIQUE IRRIGATION 
Global Crop Diversity Trust 
Regional. Drought mitigation caused by el Nino in Souther Africa 
IUCN SUSTAIN-AFRICA&DAWCA 
Men and women promoting equality in Yanaccma - Kjari Warmi Kuska Risun 
DFID support to the World Bank to promote regional dialogue and support work in 3 river basins and 1 landscape 

Building Resilience through Social Safety Nets in Somalia 

Priority 4: Strengthen social protection mechanisms for food and nutrition security 
EU institutions 
(1) 
EU institutions 
(2) 
Belgium (1) 
Finland (1) 
France (1) 
Germany (1) 

Index Based Livestock Insurance 
Programme de sécurité alimentaire et de nutrition dans 6 districts de la province de Gaza: intervention du PAM 
Social Protection II 
DEV SANITAIRE ET SOCIAL PHASE II A MOPTI 
Social Protection of the Ultra-Poor III 

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Germany (2) 
Ireland (1) 
Spain (1) 

UK (1) 

Strengthening of Resilence against Hunger Crisis in Guatemala 
Productive Safety Nets Programme: Social Protection: HQ1508-PSNP Payment for 2016, €10.4 M 
Acción contra el Hambre - Senegal - Holistic support programme for food and nutritional resilience. 
Support to poor households via provision of cash transfersfor improving food security and increasing childrens attendance at school/health 
facilities. 

Priority 5: Enhance nutrition 
EU institutions 
(1) 
Austria (1) 
Belgium (1) 
Belgium (2) 
Finland (1) 
France (1) 
Germany (1) 
Ireland (1) 
Italy (1) 
Netherlands (1)  PSNP Fase 3 
Spain (1) 
UK (1) 

Partnership for Improved Nutrition in Nepal (Poshanka Lagi Hatemalo) 
Integrated Programme for the health of women and children in far Western Nepal 
Programme de sécurité alimentaire et de nutrition dans 6 districts de la province de Gaza: intervention FAO 
ONG Protos - Programme 2014-2016 Bénin: Accès à et gestion de l'eau et l'assainissement au Bénin 
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal Completion Phase 
Facilité nutrition RCA 
Support for malnourished children and drought affected households in Ethiopia 
NATIONAL NUTRITION PROGRAMME: Nutrition: Reducing Child Under Nutrition in Sierra Leone2016 Tranche 11 to UNICEF 
Improvement of food security and women empowerment in the Province of Boulgou 

Treball Solidari - Guatemala - Indigenous women from Solola, San Jose Chacaya and Santa Lucia Utatlan working to reduce malnutrition. 
Provincial Health and Nutrition Programme - Financial Aid Punjab 

Belgium (1) 

Priority 6: Enhance coordination of humanitarian and development actors to increase resilience 
EU institutions 
(1) 
Austria (1) 

Strengthening the resilience for food and nutrition security of crisis affected people and their host communities in Syria 
Contribution to the Community Resilience and Development Programme (CRDP) for Area C and East Jerusalem 
Renforcement de la résilience des populations affectées par les crises à travers la relance des activités pastorales dans les régions du Nord 
Mali 
PRRO 200572 Food and Nutrition Assitance for Relief a. Recovery, Supporting Transition a.Enhancing Capabilities to Ensure Sustainable 
Hunger Solutions 
Voluntary contribution to WFP Programme  Food Assistance to Vulnerable Syrian Population in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq , Turkey and Egypt 
From the water to the market: a great challenge for the small farmers and the women producing milk products in the West Bank 

Germany (1) 
Italy (1) 
Italy (2) 
Netherlands (1)  Hydroponic agriculture Jordan 

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Sudan Humanitarian and Resilience programme in Kassala - UN agencies 

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1.4. Progress towards policy priorities and performance criteria 

Improving  smallholders’  resilience and  livelihoods  (policy  priority  1)  continues  to  receive  the majority  of 
attention,  showing  that  support  to  small-scale  farming  and  livelihoods  is  a  central  part  of  the  EU  and  its 
Member States’ development cooperation in agriculture and food security. Food and nutrition security have 
become even more prioritized in Germany’s development cooperation through its One World – No Hunger 
initiative. Around a third of Germany’s disbursements in food and nutrition security and rural development 
are  channeled  through  the  One  World  –  No  Hunger  initiative.  In  2016,  German  development  cooperation 
was supporting agricultural and rural development and/or food and nutrition security programmes in over 81 
countries.  This  is  but  one  example  where  the  EU  is  demonstrating  that  it  is  keeping  food  and  nutrition 
security  at  the  forefront  of  the  global  and  national  agenda  to  support  the  implementation  of  the  SDGs. 
Finland  has  implemented  several  regional  food  security  research  programmes  jointly  with  partner  country 
universities  and  research  institutes.  In  addition,  France  carries  out  many  projects  concerning  rural 
transformation  and  contributes  to  youth  employment  or  employability,  such  as  the  Resilac  programme  in 
Chad, Burkina Faso and Benin. Austria also is increasingly supporting the creation of decent jobs in rural 
areas – particularly for women and youth – and promotes a nexus approach to food and nutrition security, 
addressing the interlinkages and possible trade-offs between water, energy and food security.  

Moreover,  since  2016,  the  EU  and  its  Member  States  have  been  developing  an  initiative  called 
Development-Smart  Innovation  through  Research  in  Agriculture  (DeSIRA).  DeSIRA  is  about  placing 
science  more  centrally  in  development  cooperation  in  agriculture,  in  particular,  with  a  view  to  foster 
innovation for increased impact. It is also about building-up in-country research capacities for innovation, 
within national agriculture knowledge and innovation systems. DeSIRA will commence operations in 2018 
and  aims  at  fostering  stronger  coordination  of  strategies.  It  will  particularly  be  based  on  collaborative 
activities  between  a  number  of  EU  Member  States  (France,  Germany,  Italy  and  Spain)  and  all  interested 
partners  in  order  to  combine  financial  resources  and  human  expertise  leveraging  increased  and  joint 
responses.  This  new  injection  of  energy  into  research  and  innovation  exemplifies  a  response  to  Council 
recommendations two years ago.  The EU is also implementing Research and Innovation Actions  on Food 
Systems  in  Africa,  with  funding  allocated  under  the  Horizon  2020  programme  and  through  the  African 
Union  Grant  Scheme  under  the  EU-Africa  Research  and  Innovation  Partnership  on  Food  and  Nutrition 
Security and Sustainable Agriculture. 

More  and  more  emphasis  has  been  put  on  enhancing  mechanisms  to  boost  responsible  private  sector 
engagement, by the EU and all Member States. The Netherlands focuses on private sector development and 
job  creation,  where  an  emphasis  is  placed  on  farming  as  a  business  and  the  need  to  support  financial 
services.  Finland  has  developed  new  instruments  for  enhancing  private  sector  investment  in  inclusive 
development.  The  UK  has  published  its  Economic  Development  Strategy  for  ODA,  including  support  to 
smallholders’  role  in  commercial  agriculture.  This  is  also  why  supporting  effective  governance  (policy 
priority  2)  remains  a  key  area  of  support  for  the  EU  and  its  Member  States  with  a  strong  emphasis  on 
supporting  responsible  governance  of  land  tenure,  particularly  at  country  level.  In  pursuit  of  this 
commitment, the UK has created the Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) 
programme  to  work  with  key  multinationals,  financial  investors  and  others  to  drive  responsible  land 
investment, and support the take up of responsible investment practices by companies and provide a unique 
contribution towards improved knowledge and practice as a global public good. France has developed an ex-
ante  evaluation  grid  for  agricultural  investment  projects  that  are  link  to  land  holding  and  based  on 
recommendations  from  the  Voluntary  Guidelines  on  the  Responsible  Governance  of  Tenure  of  Land, 
Fisheries and Forests and the Committee on world Food Security. 

Through the new Consensus, the EU and its Member States have signed up to ensuring that public or private 
investment in sustainable agriculture must be responsible, inclusive and for the benefit of local populations. 
The EU and its Member States continue to promote responsible investment in agriculture, through various 
land initiatives as well as through the Global Donor Platform on Rural Development where land governance 

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issues  are  key.  Furthermore,  the  EU  and  its  Member  States  are  fervent  supporters  of  partner-owned 
initiatives  such  as  the  Comprehensive  Africa  Agriculture  Development  Programme  (CAADP).  African 
countries are supported by the EU and its Member States in making progress on their commitments towards 
the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and 
Improved  Livelihoods.  Earlier  in  2018,  African  partner  countries  presented  results  and  a  monitoring  and 
reporting mechanism for holding themselves accountable to commitments on agriculture and food security.  

This also shows how support for regional agriculture and food and nutrition security (policy priority 3), has 
been  gradually  increasing  over  the  past  years,  such  as,  for  example,  through  support  to  regional  fisheries 
programmes and further support build capacity for regional sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures. In 2017, 
the  EU  and  Pacific  countries  launched  the  Pacific-EU  Marine  Partnership  (PEUMP)  at  the  Our  Ocean 
Conference in Malta. The EU took an active political role at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United 
Nations  Convention  to  Combat  Desertification  (UNCCD  COP  13).  Several  initiatives  e.g.  on  scaling-up 
sustainable land management, particularly through evergreen agriculture, were launched in 2017 in support 
of the UNCCD agenda and of the Great Green Wall Initiative. 

While support to strengthen social protection mechanisms for food and nutrition security (policy priority 4) 
saw  a  drop  in  disbursements  in  the  last  report,  this  report  is  able  to  demonstrate  a  substantial  increase  in 
support  (EUR  121  million  more),  as  well  as  the  number  of  programmes  and  countries  where  EU  and/or 
Member State partnerships are thriving.  

Through  strengthening  a  joint  multi-sectoral  approach  to  tackling  undernutrition  (policy  priority  5),  as 
recommended  by  the  Council,  efforts  continued,  steadily  since  2014,  to  foster  collaboration  to  promote 
country-level  commitment  and  leadership,  and  to  promote  accountability  of  the  EU  and  Member  States 
support  at  country  and  global  level.  Together  with  Ireland,  the  Netherlands,  Germany,  France  the  EU, 
continues to play an active role in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)  movement.  There has been substantial 
progress towards the UK’s commitment to improve nutrition for 50 million people by 2020: from 2015 to 
2017,  support  reached  26.3  million  children  under  5,  women  of  childbearing  age  and  adolescent  girls 
through  nutrition-related  programmes.  Finland  is  actively  participating  in  donor  coordination  activities  at 
global and EU level and in partner countries. Likewise, the Netherlands has been increasing investments in 
food and nutrition security by promoting, for example, nutrition in agricultural activities and agriculture in 
nutrition  activities.  Ireland  has  been  a  founding  member  and  avid  supporter  of  the  Scaling  Up  Nutrition 
(SUN) Movement Secretariat to strengthen mutual accountability across 60 developing partner countries and 
three states in India together with donors, UN organisations, international financial institutions, civil society 
and business organisations. 

By enhancing coordination of humanitarian and development actors to increase resilience (policy priority 6) 
support  has  increased  by  EUR  107  million  compared  to  2014.  The  Global  Report  on  Food  Crises  2018 
indicating  that  nearly  124  million  people  were  in  a  food  crisis  situation  and  demonstrating  the  need  for 
tackling the drivers of food insecurity. In line with the EU’s Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy 
and  with  Member  State  activities  in  operationalizing  the  humanitarian,  development  and  peace  nexus,  the 
EU works jointly with other partners such as FAO, WFP, UNICEF, IFPRI, USAID, and African Regional 
Institutions  in  the  Global  Network  against  Food  Crises  on  joint  analysis  and  coordinated  responses.  The 
Commission,  plus  bilateral  support  including  from  the  UK,  helped  successfully  develop  IPC  (Integrated 
Food Security Phase Classification) chronic phase measures for evidence-based strategic decision-making.

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1.5. EU and Member States’ support to partner countries 

Country 

Austria 

Belgium 

EU Institutions 

Finland 

France 

Germany 

Ireland 

Italy 

Netherlands 

Spain 

United Kingdom 

Sum of 
Amount 2016 

Number 
of 
donors 

Average 
per donor 

38.174.770 

10.000.000 

14.379.110 

6.665.376 

350.000 

388.518 

1.601.465 

7.783.976 

79.343.214 

Afghanistan 

Albania 

Algeria 

Angola 

Argentina 

Armenia 

Azerbaijan 

Bangladesh 

Belize 

Benin 

Bhutan 

Bolivia 

Botswana 

Brazil 

Burkina Faso 

Burundi 

Cabo Verde 

Cambodia 

Cameroon 

Central African Republic 

Chad 

Chile 

China 

Colombia 

Comoros 

Congo, Rep. 

Costa Rica 

135.830 

1.750.000 

6.221.204 

1.183.350 

1.157.892 

4.653.220 

116.760 

327.642 

714.611 

398.195 

598.610 

10.421.120 

749.730 

147.000 

1.139.786 

10.500.000 

15.423.259 

869.005 

140.000 

4.768.740 

191.189 

7.228.486 

526.381 

116.383 

14.918.320 

8.846.881 

36.596.380 

4.239.500 

6.775.892 

598.350 

1.911.000 

19.516.167 

10.814.714 

10.436.348 

10.725.320 

240.315 

536.000 

9.209.336 

1.553.587 

2.242.592 

113.000 

797.547 

1.655.190 

6.122.000 

10.096.762 

1.472.500 

3.937.931 

7.282.950 

6.708.000 

17.878.704 

1.277.000 

1.793.742 

232.703 

223.700 

19.969.853 

7.335.830 

134.645 

13.553.934 

560.000 

17.763.456 

244.636 

6.539.020 

3.989.000 

14.068.923 

695.708 

22.491.150 

7.469.000 

9.797.334 

601.000 

458.529 

261.105 

112.457 

7.533.840 

12.425.540 

1.938.000 

1.199.973 

4.432.000 

1.199.806 

307.034 

137.296 

601.668 

989.750 

113.000 

3.728.372 

137.448 

11.983.970 

1.086.000 

2.730.865 

3.298.243 

316.282 

19.552.809 

1.575.520 

1.928.000 

614.000 

1.630.000 

432.402 

12 

175.397 

1.928.000 

2.364.917 

2.062.402 

9.290.384 

5.811.112 

1.557.208 

1.885.396 

37.213.384 

749.730 

4.239.500 

39.616.123 

140.000 

34.943.498 

113.000 

1.940.572 

22.121.774 

39.297.527 

59.317.719 

1.320.634 

24.954.036 

40.453.192 

10.671.813 

18.364.380 

1.387.385 

1.524.681 

3.220.155 

8.652.946 

8 

4 

2 

4 

3 

4 

1 

7 

1 

5 

1 

7 

1 

7 

7 

6 

3 

5 

4 

3 

4 

2 

5 

6 

1 

3 

2 

9.917.902 

2.322.596 

2.905.556 

389.302 

628.465 

9.303.346 

749.730 

5.228.054 

4.239.500 

7.923.225 

140.000 

4.991.928 

113.000 

3.160.253 

5.613.932 

9.886.286 

440.211 

4.990.807 

10.113.298 

3.557.271 

4.591.095 

762.340 

1.730.589 

3.258.801 

1.928.000 

788.306 

1.031.201 

 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Côte d'Ivoire 

Cuba 

15.011.740 

746.000 

6.913.236 

704.046 

6.776.360 

534.000 

105.198 

110.889 

375.815 

1.438.952 

22.781.865 

9.934.371 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

25.588.703 

4.918.660 

400.000 

13.775.809 

750.000 

783.061 

107.992 

6.530.707 

52.854.931 

4 

6 

8 

2 

1 

2 

4 

4 

5 

2 

5.695.466 

1.655.728 

6.606.866 

966.615 

1.919.640 

2.947.245 

2.762.127 

13.506.538 

503.912 

4.602.650 

1.433.230 

1.919.640 

4.049.490 

500.000 

1.845.000 

5.619.252 

820.230 

2.507.232 

1.656.080 

19.300.000 

32.189.310 

880.763 

1.207.570 

696.180 

140.000 

111.498 

9.095.300 

110.000 

2.101.795 

364.314 

1.933.230 

1.919.640 

5.894.490 

11.048.509 

54.026.153 

2.519.562 

9.205.300 

3.275.336 

302.803 

61.918.950 

3.109.973 

4.027.000 

44.085.064 

16.763.179 

10.624.594 

36.846.235 

2.900.000 

115.329.230 

299.182.364 

11 

27.198.397 

5.543.110 

1.993.950 

14.137.310 

2.777.500 

6.837.000 

208.866 

105.498 

5.543.110 

7.045.866 

1.993.950 

17.020.308 

149.474 

2.194.381 

1.385.640 

3.706.000 

6.919.730 

2.203.499 

221.676 

3.230.555 

20.010.955 

2.317.963 

101.681 

2.563.846 

439.769 

165.512 

2.659.871 

774.317 

2.019.890 

1.245.587 

321.995 

6.073.050 

27.450.140 

277.012 

1.631.434 

6.834.060 

4.704.740 

3.486.191 

589.110 

329.428 

16.031.940 

846.135 

473.230 

149.721 

620.496 

1.907.500 

8.248.642 

4.039.794 

6.672.057 

27.450.140 

17.866.031 

19.737.954 

1.223.260 

395.947 

17.146.303 

100.000 

35.529.090 

54.394.600 

1.444.654 

871.930 

102.297 

118.000 

7.127.463 

2.906.599 

499.990 

7.220.999 

698.065 

7.657.930 

626.170 

453.190 

232.000 

10.989.239 

100.000 

4.470.832 

189.000 

739.264 

12.570.943 

7.720.989 

8.355.995 

16.418.240 

1.381.454 

32.993.940 

5.142.550 

3.543.000 

24.078.674 

1.260.107 

748.457 

9.478.711 

31.264.938 

108.510.377 

4.649.000 

187.524 

470.041 

256.000 

2.914.270 

480.000 

145.233 

2.138.260 

3.123.000 

8.309.861 

11.672.069 
13 

5.562.565 

11.704.131 

17.078.562 

1 

2 

1 

3 

8 

6 

3 

3 

1 

6 

6 

5 

6 

2 

2 

5 

3 

8 

4 

3 

4 

5.543.110 

3.522.933 

1.993.950 

5.673.436 

2.501.369 

1.374.774 

1.346.598 

2.224.019 

27.450.140 

2.977.672 

3.289.659 

10.878.920 

2.095.157 

3.860.494 

4.177.998 

3.283.648 

460.485 

13.563.797 

1.390.641 

3.901.377 

4.269.641 

Djibouti 

Dominica 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

Egypt 

El Salvador 

Eritrea 

Ethiopia 

Fiji 

Gabon 

Gambia 

Georgia 

Ghana 

Guatemala 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Guyana 

Haiti 

Honduras 

India 

Indonesia 

Iraq 

Jamaica 

Jordan 

Kazakhstan 

Kenya 

Korea, Dem. Rep. 

Kyrgyzstan 

Laos 

 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Mozambique 

900.000 

7.515.574 

22.887.450 

3.214.294 

847.000 

17.761.971 

2.816.737 

216.037 

7.300.184 

1.559.662 

10.439.448 

75.458.356 

11 

6.859.851 

Lebanon 

Lesotho 

Liberia 

Libya 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Malaysia 

Mali 

Mauritania 

Mauritius 

Mexico 

Mongolia 

Morocco 

5.176.460 

1.305.000 

2.381.721 

2.962.682 

6.479.639 

18.305.502 

774.280 

445.888 

427.500 

1.100.000 

1.056.338 

17.267.910 

5.730.000 

4.605.891 

3.032.091 

35.212.670 

229.601 

18.334.486 

9.161.395 

101.427 

352.768 

6.702.998 

33.437.520 

109.158 

7.709.000 

25.019.458 

5.532.085 

2.421.988 

5.387.330 

127.500 

237.000 

4.138.037 

1.496.287 

1.740.354 

790.000 

2.000.000 

126.501 

640.000 

130.198 

649.168 

6.163.921 

15.324.080 

56.274.000 

5.507.416 

903.119 

903.119 

1.647.668 

1.100.000 

114.369 

28.774.507 

22.850.166 

88.921.836 

352.768 

80.932.207 

13.126.508 

916.501 

756.848 

2.085.795 

5.612.840 

649.168 

83.269.417 

Myanmar 

Namibia 

Nepal 

Nicaragua 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Pakistan 

Papua New Guinea 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Philippines 

Rwanda 

Saint Lucia 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

Senegal 

Serbia 

Sierra Leone 

Somalia 

33.362.330 

1.000.000 

1.375.000 

5.843.265 

651.320 

34.172.066 

76.403.981 

100.000 

14.107.150 

8.962.553 

2.168.520 

418.129 

8.512.964 

5.660.277 

1.592.210 

9.262.100 

220.892 

132.000 

4.477.424 

270.183 

4.513.402 

56.658.200 

8.404.531 

8.612.987 

699.192 

169.464 

32.355.960 

6.498.780 

906.150 

358.730 

5.330.000 

1.566.228 

6.729.059 

364.451 

128.667 

109.998 

957.984 

100.000 

11.099.613 

5.253.089 

34.083.068 

16.107.126 

80.273.738 

21.959.897 

61.212.086 

37.244.069 

50.965.026 

1.016.148 

2.043.663 

152.317 

1.215.962 

626.949 

10.140.299 

3.680.840 

290.178 

9.688.000 

4.773.590 

2.467.821 

771.630 

260.000 

3.526.976 

205.301 

243.721 

3.877.074 

108.723 

32.764.005 

300.000 

529.768 

8.099.916 

3.245.681 

54.744.640 

1.081.451 

262.111 

39.874.891 

240.000 

16.217.156 

115.665.930 

1.800.460 

1.528.540 

577.353 

5.877.667 

34.298.140 

171.302 

16.968.000 

1.175.727 

3.922.985 

2.316.010 

2.573.336 

135.830 

770.700 

2.609.250 

11.997.720 

259.011 

1.147.140 

895.044 

2.817.874 

164.682 

1.352.870 

7.839.721 

9.403.907 
14 

175.000 

417.038 

6.563.568 

28.816.244 

1.800.460 

1.528.540 

67.880.520 

2.053.670 

5 

1 

3 

1 

5 

7 

1 

7 

6 

2 

5 

1 

4 

3.661.100 

903.119 

549.223 

1.100.000 

5.754.901 

12.703.119 

352.768 

11.561.744 

2.187.751 

458.251 

1.122.568 

649.168 

20.817.354 

6 

3 

5 

7 

7 

4 

5 

2 

4 

8 

7 

7 

1 

1 

9 

3 

5 

6 

12.733.997 

3.699.871 

6.816.614 

2.301.018 

11.467.677 

15.303.021 

10.193.005 

508.074 

510.916 

4.095.501 

1.157.131 

16.523.704 

1.800.460 

1.528.540 

7.542.280 

684.557 

1.567.944 

4.802.707 

 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
South Africa 

South Sudan 

Sri Lanka 

Sudan 

Suriname 

Swaziland 

Syrian Arab Republic 

Tajikistan 

Tanzania 

Thailand 

Timor-Leste 

Togo 

Tunisia 

Turkmenistan 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

Uzbekistan 

Vanuatu 

Viet Nam 

1.229.639 

671.100 

709.000 

2.129.342 

296.215 

5.035.295 

162.500 

21.146.230 

28.090.042 

315.183 

1.500.000 

1.917.951 

8.256.732 

61.388.638 

7.115.750 

155.149 

102.364 

107.425 

7.480.688 

385.000 

10.270.862 

409.278 

2.662.788 

10.219.620 

37.022.858 

13.075.310 

3.337.670 

5.635.170 

3.164.600 

4.736.320 

1.000.000 

4.782.494 

5.966.114 

4.495.830 

12.000.000 

11.672.686 

6.507.587 

200.000 

575.080 

3.896.390 

2.375.000 

996.409 

1.237.175 

208.722 

135.520 

3.151.000 

3.948.369 

13.537.020 

184.515 

6.290.817 

8.269.463 

110.892 

5.631.550 

689.200 

3.337.670 

5.635.170 

4.164.600 

2.651.996 

12.170.810 

48.485.179 

89.327.396 

337.326 

4.283.815 

5.133.565 

7.554.503 

33.913.365 

689.200 

4.996.687 

1.652.618 

1.548.670 

448.806 

292.000 

13.102.814 

974.113 

619.565 

12.507.601 

20.372.557 

56.515.431 

10 

5.651.543 

450.000 

3.100.350 

3.155.880 

2.121.619 

314.901 

197.000 

5.671.969 

3.470.781 

197.000 

4.011.061 

270.880 

9.941.000 

3.976.256 

4.560.000 

143.659 

1.461.636 

24.364.492 

West Bank and Gaza Strip 

2.750.000 

Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

4.310.010 

24.926.600 

3.004.000 

1.479.736 

1.333.809 

4.727.703 

2.468.898 

2.651.457 

20.074.155 

27.578.057 

23.992.030 

3.264.070 

27.996.000 

4.893.757 

3.555.473 

301.608 

17.867.900 

81.870.837 

20.298.070 

610.000 

5.092.269 

935.816 

172.367 

26.339.876 

53.448.399 

Sum of Amount 2016 

18.992.015 

153.410.923 

969.853.000 

39.468.921 

297.383.286 

583.894.361 

57.456.043 

54.493.759 

185.254.352 

33.292.028 

511.166.696 

2.904.665.384 

15 

5 

7 

4 

6 

1 

1 

2 

3 

7 

4 

2 

5 

5 

1 

1.007.059 

8.769.805 

1.870.172 

6.170.476 

3.337.670 

5.635.170 

2.082.300 

4.056.937 

12.761.057 

1.070.954 

2.566.782 

1.510.901 

6.782.673 

689.200 

3 

2 

1 

7 

7 

2 

7 

6 

1.890.656 

1.735.390 

197.000 

3.480.642 

2.867.736 

13.789.028 

11.695.834 

8.908.066 

 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
2.  CASE STUDIES 

2.1. EU joint programming in Senegal 

Since 2013, the EU and its Member States present in Senegal have been engaged in joint programming. 
The  second  joint  programming  document  covering  the  period  2018-2023  in  line  with  the  Plan  for  an 
Emerging Senegal (PES) was recently endorsed. The joint analysis showed that, despite some positive 
achievements in the fight against malnutrition in the past years, the issue remains a major concern in the 
country: the prevalence of stunting of children under 5 years was 17.1% in 2015. Based on the current 
trend in stunting (yearly reduction rate of 2.37%), as well as population growth, the number of stunted 
children will not be significantly reduced by 2025 and the target of the World Health Assembly (WHA) 
of reducing the number of stunted children by 40% by 2025 would not be reached. 

The  joint  programming  process  tackles  these  challenges  by  focusing  on  the  inter-dependence  between 
nutrition,  food  security  and  agriculture,  particularly  in  rural  areas.  The  EU,  France,  Italy  and  Spain 
namely work jointly in the area of ensuring food security and the fight against malnutrition.  

Beyond  joint  programming,  EU  cooperation  in  Senegal  provides  an  example  of  how  the  EU  and  its 
Member States improve the efficiency and coherence of their work by following a concrete division of 
labour,  even  turning  this  into  effective  "joint  implementation".  To  illustrate,  the  Spanish  Cooperation 
Agency  (AECID)  implements  a  EUR  9  million  project  named  YELLITAARE  in  the  local  language, 
under  the  EU  'Emergency  Trust  Fund  for  Stability  and  the  Fight  against  the  Root  Causes  of  Irregular 
Migration  and  the  Displaced  Persons  in  Africa'.  This  project  reinforces  the  efforts  of  the  Nutrition 
Enhancement  Program  (PRN)  led  by  the  Government,  which  particularly  aims  at  supporting  the 
resilience of local populations, providing them with access to basic services and improving their living 
conditions  in  48  communes  in  the  North  of  Senegal,  whose  population  is  about  1,060,000  people. 
Another example is the Natanguee (modern) farms programme2 that is implemented by both the Spanish 
(AECID) and Italian (AICS) Cooperation Agencies for a total of EUR 20 million. The general objective 
of  this  programme  is  to  improve  the  living  conditions  of  the  rural  populations  and,  hence,  to  reduce 
illegal  emigration.  The  programme  will  contribute  to  job  creation  in  regions  most  susceptible  to 
emigration through land development by Natanguee farms and by the technical support and training of 
farmers. 

2.2. EU joint programming in Laos  

Joint  Programming  in  Laos  was  launched  in  2012  and  resulted  in  a  Joint  Transition  Strategy  for  the 
period 2014-2015. Following this first phase, the EU and the seven Member States present in Laos plus 
Switzerland  (an  EU+  group)  endorsed  the  European  joint  programming  for  Lao  People's  Democratic 
Republic 2016-2020. Nutrition figures as one of the strategy's seven priority sectors, in which the EU is 
working  jointly, mainly  with  France, Germany  and Switzerland. The joint analysis clearly showed the 
key challenge of food, once obtained, being utilised and providing adequate nutrition in Laos, with 44% 
of  children  under  five  stunted,  27%  underweight  and  6%  wasted  in  2012.  The  joint  strategy,  being 
aligned to the Government's actions in the nutrition sector, aims to provide a coherent EU+ response to 
this challenge while reducing overlapping and fragmented interventions. It uniquely identifies nutrition 
as one of the seven sectors on which European partners put specific focus in their joint actions. 

Given  the  strong  interlinkage  between  nutrition  as  a  cross-cutting  issue  and  other  sectors,  the  joint 
analysis in the areas agriculture, health and education also looked at the sectors through a nutrition lens. 

2 PACERSEN Projet d’Appui à la réduction de la migration à travers la Création d’Emplois Ruraux au Sénégal, par la mise en place 
de fermes agricoles villageoises et individuelles. 

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The  joint  programming  document  for  the  Lao  PDR  seeks  to  support  SDG  2.  Concretely,  the  EU+ 
focuses  on  strengthening  nutrition  governance  and  boosting  nutrition-specific  and  nutrition-sensitive 
support. As co-convenor of the Development Partners Group on Food and Nutrition Security, the EU is 
given  a  clear  opportunity  to  influence  and  steer  policy  dialogue  in  close  collaboration  with  all 
development partners.  

Joint programming in Laos is an excellent example of how the EU+ supports Laos' nutrition policy and 
ensures the significance of nutrition throughout other sectors. To illustrate this, the EU and France are 
jointly  supporting  priority  interventions  around  nutrition-sensitive  value  chains  and  nutrition-sensitive 
rural advisory services, while the EU and Germany are jointly supporting investments in clean drinking 
water infrastructure. 

2.3. Nepal, Rural Village Water Resources Management Project 

Rural  Village  Water  Resources  Management  Project  was  started  in  2006,  with  joint  funding  from  the 
Governments of Finland and Nepal. Phase II of the Project was completed in February 2016 and Phase 
III implementation period was started in March 2016 and will continue until 2022. Rural Village Water 
Resources Management project, Phase II (RVWRMP II) is a water resources management project which 
in  addition  to  water  supply  and  sanitation  supports  community-based  irrigation,  micro-hydro  power, 
improved cooking stoves and water mills, number of environmental improvements as well as sustainable 
livelihoods  and  institutional  capacity  building  activities.  The  purpose  of  RVWRMP  II  is  ‘to  achieve 
improved  well-being  and  reduced  poverty  in  project  VDCs  through  sustainable  management  of  their 
water  resources’.  Ten  Districts  of  Far  and  Mid-Western  Development  Regions  of  Nepal  have 
implemented  RVWRMP  II  under  Ministry  of  Federal  Affairs  and  Local  Development/DoLIDAR  to 
facilitate basic services to 113 remote VDCs with a total population of 555,000 including but not limited 
to:  

Irrigation for 28,000 beneficiaries 

  Domestic water supply as per national standards for 144,000 beneficiaries 
  Basic sanitation, including household toilets for 358,000 beneficiaries 
 
  Electricity through micro-hydro power for 41,000 beneficiaries 
 
  Basic livelihoods through home garden management for 164,000 beneficiaries 

Improved cooking stoves for 67,000 beneficiaries 

The  original  beneficiary  target  of  the  project  was  surpassed  by  77%  and  the  revised  target  (set  after 
MidTerm  Review  and  an  increase  of  investment  funds)  by  36%.  112  out  of  113  VDCs  are  already 
declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) according to the standards of the National Sanitation and Hygiene 
Master Plan (NSHMP). The water supply coverage in the VDCs, where the work has already concluded, 
is 99%. The well-being in the VDCs has improved: the available data collected from VDC Health Posts 
indicate  a  decrease  of  53%  in  the  number  of  low-weight  children  and  a  decrease  of  26%  in  the 
occurrence of waterborne diseases after four years. In both cases there is clearly a declining trend, which 
is likely to continue. All the major stakeholders have appreciated and assumed ownership of the process, 
which is clearly indicated in their contributions to project budget: Users contributed 4%, GON 35% and 
GOF 15% more than budgeted in the project document. Only the local governments (DDCs and VDCs) 
could not contribute fully their share, but their contributions increased towards the end of the phase. The 
positive development is that much bigger share of the total budget went directly to the investments than 
planned. The expenditure of the Project is 12% higher than planned, whereas the investments are 26 % 
higher than planned.  

The average direct costs of gravity water supply is 4,750 NPR (40.20 EUR) per capita. The unit cost is 
reasonable  considering  the  remoteness  of  the  VDCs.  Most  of  them  do  not  have  road  access,  therefore 
portering of supplies is required, which increased the cost and time taken for scheme completion. Also, 

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the  project  area  is  scarcely  populated  and  the  scheme  size  is  small:  the  average  scheme  has  340 
beneficiaries (60  households). Additional costs and  trouble were  caused by bandhas (strikes combined 
with  road  blocks)  of  both  local  and  national  nature,  landslides  and  floods,  which  made  many  remote 
areas inaccessible for long periods. RVWRMP did not apply unit cost ceilings. 

3.  FURTHER DETAILS ON THE THEMATIC FOCUS 

3.1. Climate-resilient approaches 

The  EU  and  its  Member  States  recognise  that  agriculture  is  one  of  the  sectors  most  seriously  affected  by 
climate change. The EU promotes an agricultural development that serves multiple purposes of improving 
the natural resource base and the environment, tackles climate change, as well as increasing land and labour 
productivity  and  boosting  food  supply.  This  also  has  a  win-win  effect  in  creating  income  and  decent 
employment opportunities in developing countries. In 2014, 38% of all support to food and nutrition security 
(including agriculture) contributed to climate change adaptation. In 2016, this has risen to 43%.  

Germany  enhances  climate  mainstreaming  in  its  existing  agricultural  development  programmes  and 
promotes specific adaptation and mitigation measures in the agriculture sector, such as, for example, support 
to climate change adaptation in agricultural development in Africa (CAADP). This goes hand-in-hand with 
support  for  partner  Nationally  Determined  Contributions  and  monitoring,  reporting  and  verification  to  the 
UNFCCC. Finland is a significant supporter of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment 
Facility (GEF) and supports mitigation of and adaptation to climate change at all levels: from international 
policy  making  to  individual  projects  at  grass-root  level.  In  addition  to  climate-specific  actions,  all 
development cooperation supported by Finland must be climate proof and climate smart.  

France remains dedicated to fulfil the Paris Agreement and has launched the Adapt’Action project to support 
African countries, LDCs and SIDS in seeking technical assistance for the institutional, methodological and 
operational  implementation  of  their  NDCs  in  the  fight  against  climate  change.  Half  of  its  development 
cooperation  must  go  to  projects  having  climate  co-benefits  and  France  adopts  four  main  climate-resilient 
approaches  in  agricultural  development:  sustainable  management  of  natural  resources,  agroecological 
intensification for family farming, sustainable planning of rural areas and risk management. Austria aims to 
integrate  climate  change  issues  in  all  programmes  and  projects  and  supports  the  promotion  of  energy 
efficiency  and  renewable  energy  solutions,  cultivation  of  drought-resistant  plants,  and  efficient  irrigation 
schemes.  

Italy  integrates  climate-resilient  approaches  in  its  programmes,  for  example  through  the  development  of 
irrigation  and  water  sectors  as  well  as  strengthening  the  resilience  of  rural  communities.  The  Netherlands 
invests  in  millions  of  family  farms  and  provides  advice,  information,  technologies  and  infrastructure 
support, for example, enabling them to become more resilient to climate stresses and shocks. 

The  United  Kingdom  places  agriculture  as  one  of  the  priority  sectors  for  support  from  the  UK’s 
International  Climate  Fund;  support  from  the  fund  emphasises  climate-smart  agriculture  and  promotes 
programmes  that  improve  farmers’  incomes,  build  resilience  to  climate  change,  and  reduce  the 
environmental impacts of agriculture, including emissions of greenhouse gases. For example, support by a 
number  of  Member  States,  including  the  UK,  to  the  Global  Agriculture  and  Food  Security  Program 
(GAFSP)  helped  climate-sensitive  interventions  across  GAFSP’s  projects  and  public  sector  funds.  Ireland 
invests  in  programmes  to  promote  and  expand  sustainable  agricultural  practices  worldwide;  this  includes 
support to conservation agriculture, agroforestry and research for greater climate resilience. Together with 
many  other  Member  States  and  the  EU,  Ireland  also  strongly  supports  research  and  learning  on  climate-
resilient agricultural practices, namely through the CGIAR and research programmes.  

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Currently  Ireland’s  Climate  and  Development  Learning  Platform  seeks  to  enhance  the  climate  adaptation 
impact  of  its  programming  in  key  partner  countries.  To  date,  the  Platform  has  undertaken  research  and 
capacity  building  to  strengthen  work  on  cookstoves  in  Malawi,  enhanced  the  technical  rigour  and  gender 
targeting  of  Climate  Smart  Agriculture  Programmes  in  Ethiopia  and  Zambia,  and  built  climate  adaptive 
capacity  into  social  protection  programming  in  Mozambique,  helping  them  to  align  with  local  adaptation 
planning. 

3.2. Nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices 

Current trends from recent analysis show that malnutrition rates remain alarming: 88% of countries face a 
serious burden. Worldwide, stunting is declining too slowly while the problems of overweight and obesity 
continue  to  rise.  Globally,  approximately  155  million  children  under  five  suffer  from  stunting.  In  2016, 
nearly 52 million children under five were wasted. There are nearly 41 million overweight children globally 
(an  increase  of  11  million  since  2000).  Africa  and  Asia  continue  to  bear  the  brunt  of  all  forms  of  child 
malnutrition. Nutrition-specific interventions are needed but will only reduce stunting by 20%. The biggest 
impact  comes  from  nutrition-sensitive  interventions,  including  nutrition-sensitive  agricultural  practices, 
tackling malnutrition root causes.  

Nutrition-sensitive agriculture is an approach that seeks to ensure the production of a variety of affordable, 
nutritious,  culturally  appropriate  and  safe  foods  in  adequate  quantity  and  quality  to  meet  the  dietary 
requirements of populations in a sustainable manner. The EU and Member States are working jointly on: the 
design  of  nutrition-sensitive    agricultural  policies  and  strategies  which  place  women  at  the  core  of  these 
policies in countries with high levels of stunting; the implementation of national nutrition-sensitive policies 
and  strategies  by  enhancing  skills  and  know-how;  the  monitoring  of  programmes,  including  by 
incorporating  dietary  diversity  indicators  as  well  as  affordability  indicators;  and  on  stronger  evidence  for 
cost-effective approaches for returns on nutrition investments in the agriculture sector. 

In 2015, the German G7 Presidency successfully advocated for a more comprehensive understanding and a 
multisectoral  approach  to  achieve  food  and  nutrition  security,  which  was  formulated  in  the  Summit 
Declaration  as  the  “Broader  Food  Security  and  Nutrition  Development  Approach”.  At  its  2016  “Policies 
against Hunger” conference, Germany hosted an array of stakeholders to discuss sustainable food systems 
that  promote healthy  diets and good nutrition. The  Promotion  of nutrition-sensitive potato  value chains in 
East Africa aims at increasing agricultural production and income as well as diet diversity by promoting the 
potato value chain in combination with nutrition education, inter-ministerial linkages between the health and 
agriculture  ministries,  training  of  village-based  Community  Health  workers  and  nutrition  community 
dialogues.  Furthermore, the Affordable nutritious foods for women (ANF4W) programme aims to increase 
micronutrient  intake  of  women  of  reproductive  age  through  collaborating  with  the  private  sector  in 
Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. Smallholder farmers and small- to medium-sized enterprises are 
supported  to  introduce  innovative  food  fortification  approaches.  Social  marketing  and  nutrition 
communication  campaigns  accompany  the  interventions,  leading  to  improved  nutrition  knowledge  and 
access to nutritious foods for women of reproductive age. 

Finland  supported  nutrition-sensitive  agriculture  practices  through  home-garden  components  of  rural 
development  projects  in  countries  where  a  comprehensive  approach  in  developing  livelihoods  in 
communities is taken. Similarly, Austria coordinates closely with other stakeholders and works tightly with 
national and local partners to promote family farming, home gardens and homestead food at household and 
community level as well as sustainable production practices such as organic agriculture, sustainable pasture 
management  and  integrated  pest  management.  For  the  Netherlands,  nutrition-sensitive  agriculture  is 
supported by broadening nutrition activities to include local diversification and by focussing on nutrient-rich 
forms of agriculture. For example, in Bangladesh, the Netherlands is supporting an integrated approach to 
tackling constraints across the value chain and improve food and nutrition security. 

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France  developed  a  nutrition  roadmap  (2016-2020)  to  improve  the  way  it  is  addressing  nutrition  in 
humanitarian  and  development  programs  and  strategies  by  2020.  It  focuses  on  eight  target  countries  and 
activities  include  both  nutrition-sensitive  and  nutrition-specific  programmes,  helping  countries  to  address 
nutrition  in  policies  as  well  as  awareness  raising.  For  example,  from  2016  disbursements  to  food  aid 
programmes,  42%  were  nutrition-specific  and  14%  nutrition-sensitive.  Italy  has  been  supporting  inclusive 
and sustainable value chain development in a number of countries seeking to enhance the socio-economic 
empowerment of women and improve the nutrition and dietary diversity of vulnerable populations.  

The UK has continued to support global action and leadership on nutrition, including with the launch of a 
nutrition position paper which was published in October 2017. The UK has provided support to a number of 
programmes  which  engage  with  the  private  sector  in  order  to  improve  nutrition-sensitive  agricultural 
practices.  Ireland’s  focus  on  undernutrition  combines  both  nutrition-sensitive  and  nutrition-specific 
approaches,  in  line  with  the  SUN  movement  for  multisectoral  policies,  coordination  and  programming. 
Ireland has been supporting research into the linkages between wasting and stunting and pushing for better 
integration  of  nutrition  into  the  resilience  approach.  Support  for  nutrition-sensitive  agriculture  is  also 
provided to the CGIAR.  

With regards to the public private space, on-going support to Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 
(GAIN) by Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany focusses on improvements in 
nutrition outcomes for the poor in low and middle-income countries through market based solutions in the 
food system,  

The second progress report in response to the EU Action Plan on Nutrition was published in August 2017. 
There has been a three-fold increase in the EU’s funding commitments to nutrition since 2014. In countries 
in  which  nutrition  security  is  an  EU  focal  sector,  the  number  of  non-stunted  children  has  been  increasing 
steadily  since  2012  to  2017,  from  114  million  to  135  million,  which  is  crucial  for  the  developmental  and 
economic  prospects  of  these  countries.  The  second  progress  report  of  the  European  Commission's  Action 
Plan on Nutrition was published in August 2017.3 There has been a three-fold increase in the Commission’s 
funding commitments to nutrition since 2014.  

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4.  METHODOLOGY FOR THE NATIONAL REPORTS AND PROGRAMMES SPREADSHEET 

DATABASE 

Revised guidelines to prepare the third National Reports on implementing EU food and nutrition security 
policy commitments 

I) INTRODUCTION 

The  third  EU  report  will  provide  again  a  consolidated  assessment  of  the  EU  and  Member  States’  (MS) 
performance  on  the  six  food  and  nutrition  security  policy  priorities  set  out  in  the  Implementation  Plan.  It 
will also provide an assessment of how their collective performance went about delivering on these policy 
priorities, and the level of coherence, complementarity and coordination. Such an assessment will be based 
on  a  quantitative  assessment  of  food  and  nutrition  security  interventions  informed  by  an  analysis  of  the 
distribution  of  the  total  investments,  as  well  as  a  qualitative  assessment  of  how  well  the  EU  and  MS  are 
working  together  at  national,  regional  and  global  levels.  This  report  will  show  how  the  EU  progresses  in 
delivering commitments since the 2014 and 2016 reports. 

It needs to reflect the recommendations for further improvements as per the Council Conclusions of 20 June 
20164, which propose: 

  making EU and MS commitment more explicit in terms of reporting results on agriculture, food and 

 

nutrition security; 
indicating how the EU contribution improves the lives of stunted children and small-holder farmers 
(of  whom  at  least  50%  are  women),  coordinating  with  EU  MS  to  propose  common  indicators  and 
efficient methodologies that could facilitate the aggregation of results towards the relevant SDGs, in 
particular SDG2; 

  developing  baseline-data  on  the  level  of  stakeholder  involvement  and  application  of  integrated, 
climate  resilient  approaches  and  nutrition  sensitive  agricultural  practices  across  the  EU  and  MS 
programmes; 

  encouraging  the  EU  and  its  MS  to  work  together  to  accelerate  farmers'  access  to  innovation  and 
strengthen  partnerships  between  European  and  partner  research  institutions  for  long  term 
effectiveness; 

  encouraging further work on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and Joint Programming. 

II) GUIDANCE ON COMPLETING THE NATIONAL REPORT 

This national report should be made up of 3 sections proceeded by a summary of no more than 1 page that 
provides an overview of the headline results and the main lessons learned. 

Section 1: Overview of MS expenditure on projects and programmes relevant to food and nutrition security 
broken down across the 6 policy priorities and analysis;  

Section  2:  Update  of  MS's  Strategic  Priorities  for  food  &  nutrition  security  (global,  regional  and  country 
level), which includes a general assessment and an assessment of coordination and complementarity of joint 
work in three countries (to be confirmed); 

Section  3:  Examples  of  outcomes  presented  in  the  form  of  case  studies  and/or  results  already  reported 
through the indicators defined in respective corporate results frameworks (if available).  

Section 1: Distribution of Investments  

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This first section provides a summary of the main findings from the disbursements you have entered in the 
spreadsheet  according  to  the  six  priorities  defined.  The  completed  spreadsheet  will  serve  as  the  main 
supporting Annex to this report. (See guidance below on how to complete the spreadsheet.)  

Based  on  the  data  you  entered  in  the  spreadsheet,  and  in  order  to  provide  a  visual  overview  of  the 
distribution of investments your MS made in 2016, we have maintained the graphics facility. Once you have 
entered  all  the  data  in  the  spreadsheet,  press  the  refresh  button.  This  will  automatically  create  a  chart 
showing  the  distribution  of  disbursements  broken  down  among  the  6  priority  areas  as  well  as  a  chart 
showing the distribution of disbursements across geographical areas. These graphs will help you outline the 
basic characteristics of the portfolio’s distribution.    

Section 2: Member States' strategic priorities  

In this  section you are requested, if necessary, to provide an update of your strategic priorities on food and 
nutrition  security,  rural  development,  migration  and  youth  unemployment  and  how  these  are  aligned  with 
the recent European Consensus on Development.  

It provides you with the opportunity to highlight different ways of how you approach implementation not 
adequately captured in Section 1 and/or which cut across specific interventions. Furthermore, we would like 
to know what actions and events you have taken with regard to the implementation of the overall findings 
and  recommendations  outlines  in  the  second  report  (Cf.  section  6  of  the  last  report)  and  on  joint 
programming  

In addition, following the Council's request, we ask you to report on the following themes:  

1) climate resilient approaches in agriculture, 
2) nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices. 

We propose that you report on the achievements of these themes (your policy commitments, description of 
the type of support, beneficiaries reached).  

On joint programming and joint implementation processes, the idea is to focus this time in the text on results 
of case studies (covering 3 countries – to be selected in January), which recently made significant progress 
in joint programming, including in our themes. These case studies will be guided by the Commission and 
interested MS. You are also requested to provide  for these selected countries a brief assessment regarding 
your perception of the coordination and complementarity between your country and other MS. 

Section 3: Results reporting through selected Case Studies and/or existing corporate reporting systems 

This section is your opportunity to provide details on your achievements in terms of the selected topics  

Remembering  that  Results  is  a  collective  term  covering  Outputs,  Outcome  and  Impact,  (OECD/DAC 
Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management), this year’s report will again focus 
on: a) Outputs – the reach or number of individuals, households, communities and institutions your agency 
has supported); and b) Outcome – the responses to and immediate benefits among these groups from using 
the support. In addition we propose to use impact assessment.  

Accordingly, we propose that we present our results in three ways:  

1.  The  achievements  in  the  two  themes  (see  above)  from  your  individual  reporting  systems,  if  possible 

illustrated by  impact assessments or any other kind of information available. 

2.  Information on results. 

 

 

If  available,  results  from  your  corporate  results  reporting  for  2016  related  to  food  and    nutrition 
security achievements,  
If  available,  on  the  number  of  beneficiaries  (undernourished  people,  resp.  smallholder  farm(er)s) 
reached, including, if possible, explanations of who (men, women, children and smallholders) were 
reached, where (the countries) and with what type of action, 

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  2016 reports on progress made against your nutrition commitments prepared for SUN and GNR for 

MS reporting on this.  

3.  Case  studies.  Individual  case  studies  of  the  two  selected  themes  will  be  used  again  to  complement  the 
information  on  beneficiaries  reached.  The  evidence  base  to  inform  the  case  studies  will  come  from 
evaluations.    Please  could  you  indicate  all  your  evaluations  available  which  show  outcome  related 
information  such  as  behavioural  changes  of  mothers  and  children  under  five  resp.  smallholder  farmers 
(i.e.,  using  the  services  and  products  made  available  through  the  donors’  programmes)  and  the  direct 
benefits they realise. The Commission will collate the relevant evaluations that are considered robust by 
the relevant MS evaluation departments or programmes. We will then decide together on the evaluations 
that will provide the evidence with which to inform 2-3 case studies. These case studies will be prepared 
by the Commission. 

In  addition  as  per  Council  Conclusions,  the  Commission  proposes  to  work  on  establishing  common 
indicators and baseline-data for the selected themes of this report. For this we kindly ask you to share your 
priority indicators of the themes and to select from COM's list of indicators and examples of results chains, 
indicators which would represent your priorities. 

III) GUIDANCE ON COMPLETING THE SPREADSHEET 

EuropeAid proposes to keep the OECD/DAC reporting as the other possibility - IATI reporting - is not used 
by all MS as yet. The final 2016 data will be only published by OECD in December, but EuropeAid would 
like to propose that you make the data submitted to OECD available to the Commission as soon as possible. 

On the methodology, EuropeAid proposes to make a first selection of programmes for each MS. Through 
this approach the number of programmes to be screened by each MS will be reduced. Our estimation shows 
that this reduction can range from 10% to 75% of the number of programmes compared to 2012, depending 
on the MS.  

A two-pronged approach is proposed. 

I. 

For  the  10  MS  who  participated  in  the  2016  report:  share  with  EuropeAid  the  2016  OECD-DAC 
CRS plus (Creditor Reporting System) file reported to OECD.  

EuropeAid will check which 2016 programmes were already in the 2014 spreadsheet database, and 
will allocate the programmes according to the six priorities following the 2014 classification. 

II. 

For the programmes which were not in the 2014 spreadsheet database, EuropeAid will pre-select the 
programmes which have one of a list of 76 OECD-DAC CRS codes proposed by EuropeAid.  

This list of the 2016 report (see table 2) has remained  

EuropeAid will send back 3 different databases of programmes to each MS: 

  Database 1: Programmes which were already in the 2014 database, and for which EuropeAid 

proposes a priority. 

  Database 2: New programmes (not in the 2014 database), related to one of the 76 DAC codes. 

  Database 3: Programmes with a DAC code not related to food security. 

MS will then be asked for  

  Database 1: to verify the Commission's analysis. 
  Database  2:  each  MS  needs  to  identify  the  food  and  nutrition  security  programmes,  and  apply  the 

guidance on completing the spreadsheets below.  

For the purpose of the exercise, please include only those programmes/projects: 

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A.  which  have  a  particular  focus  on  food  and  nutrition  security  (by  being  specifically  designed  to 
improve FNS, or by having specific FNS objectives or activities), and/or  

B. which clearly fall within one or more of the four pillars of food security – food availability, access 
to food, utilisation of food and stability, and/or  

C.  which  clearly  fall  within  the  definition  of  ‘food  and  nutrition  security’:    “Food  and  nutrition 
security exists when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to food, which 
is consumed in sufficient quantity and quality to meet their dietary needs and food preferences, and is 
supported by an environment of adequate sanitation, health services and care, allowing for a healthy 
and active life.” 

Core contributions at multilateral level to a range of UN agencies, funds and programmes, such as UNICEF 
and UNDP, should be excluded as it would be difficult to allocate a proportion of this funding to food and 
nutrition security. You should include only those contributions to these agencies that specifically target food 
and nutrition security as stated above (points A, B and C). With regards to the Rome based agencies, please 
report in the same way as for DAC reporting. 

Administrative  and  overhead  costs  including  salaries  and  travel-related  costs,  are  part  of  the  projects  and 
should be reported on. 

Please bear in mind that all data you report on must be official 2016 DAC data, which means the financial 
disbursements you reported to the OECD DAC in 2016.   
Filling in the spreadsheet step by step: 

Please remember to enter the name of your MS, the date of completion, the contact person and the reporting 
system (by disbursement) on the top left of the excel sheet.  

1.  Column  A:  List  your  relevant  food  and  nutrition  security  projects  and  programmes  on  the  first 

column "projects or programmes".  

2.  Column  B:  Select  the  relevant  CRS  Code  corresponding  to  the  project  entered.  If  you  do  not  use 
Euros,  please  enter  the  equivalent  amount  in  Euros  using  the  April  2016  OECD  exchange  rate 
available here: http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=169# 

3.  Column C: In case no CRS Code is applicable to your project, please explain in a few words what 

your project entails. 

4.  Column D: Enter the financial amount disbursed for that activity in 2016.  

5.  Column E: Specify for each project or programme the corresponding policy priority using the scroll 
down menu. There are 6 to choose from.  (Tip: You will need to print out and read the summary 
description of all projects or programmes to help you complete the rest of the columns). 

6.  Column  F:  Choose  the  relevant  level  of  intervention:  national,  regional  or  global  using  the  scroll 

down menu.  

7.  Column G:  Choose the relevant region or country using the scroll down menu. 

8.  Column H: This column will be filled in automatically based on your choices in column G and H. 
This  column  will  serve  to  create  a  chart  showing  the  distribution  of  disbursement  across 
geographical area. 

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9.  Column I: will enable you to make any additional comments or remarks you may have. 

Proposed List of DAC CRS codes potentially related to food security 

DAC CRS code and description 
11330- Vocational training 
11420- Higher education 
12110- Health policy and administrative 
management 

12220- Basic health care 
12240- Basic nutrition 
13020- Reproductive healthcare 
14010- Water sector policy and administrative 
management 
14015- Water resources conservation 
(including data collection) 
14020- Water supply and sanitation - large 
systems 
14021- Water supply - large systems  
14022- Sanitation - large systems 
14030- Basic drinking water supply and basic 
sanitation 

14031- Basic drinking water supply 
14032- Basic sanitation 
14040- River basins’ development 
15110- Public sector policy and 
administrative management 
15112- Decentralisation and support to 
subnational government 
15150- Democratic participation and Civil 
society 

15160- Human rights 
15170- Women’s equality organisations and 
institutions 

16010- Social/ welfare services 
16050- Multisector aid for basic social 
services  
16062- Statistical capacity building 
21020- Road transport 

24030- Formal sector financial intermediaries 
24040- Informal/semi-formal financial 
intermediaries 
25010- Business support services and 
institutions 

DAC CRS code and description 
31181- Agricultural education/training 
31182- Agriculture research 

31191- Agricultural services 
31192- Plant and post-harvest protection 
and pest control 
31193- Agricultural financial services 
31194- Agricultural co-operatives 

31195- Livestock/veterinary services 
31210- Forestry policy and administrative 
management 

31220- Forestry development 
312291- Forestry services 
31282- Forestry research 

31291- Forestry services 
31310- Fishing policy and administrative 
management 
31320- Fishery development 
31381- Fishery education/training 

31382- Fishery research 

31391- Fishery services 
32110- Small and medium-sized 
enterprises (SME) development 
32130- Small and medium-sized 
enterprises (SME) development 

32161- Agro-industries 
32182- Technological research and 
development 
33110- Trade policy and administrative 
management 
33120- Trade facilitation 
33150- Trade-related adjustment 
41010- Environmental policy and 
administrative management 

41030- Bio-diversity 

41081- Environmental education/ training 

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DAC CRS code and description 
31110- Agricultural policy and administrative 
management 
31120- Agricultural development 
31130- Agricultural land resources 

31140- Agricultural water resources 
31150- Agricultural inputs 
31161- Food crop production 
31162- Industrial crops/export crops 

31163- Livestock 
31164- Agrarian reform 
31165- Agricultural alternative development 
31166- Agricultural extension 

DAC CRS code and description 

41082- Environmental research 
43010- Multisector aid 
43040- Rural development  
43050- Non-agricultural alternative 
development  
43081- Multisector education/training 
43082- Research/scientific institutions 
51010- General budget support 
52010- Food aid/Food security 
programmes 
91010- Administrative costs 
99810- Sectors not specified 
NA 

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