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Zambia

WFP Zambia Country Brief, August 2017

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Highlights

  • August marked three months since the first Maano transaction. In three months, the Maano app has helped smallholder farmers in 28 rural communities sell 120.65 metric tons of their produce, worth 377,000 kwachas.

  • As a result of supplementary funding from the Government of Zambia WFP will be able to scale Up the Home-Grown School Meals from the current 1, 060, 770 children to about 1,500,000 children by 2018. This will result in about 15 additional districts being included on the HGSM programme.

Operational Updates

Sun Business Network: The SUN Business Network (SBN) has since 2016 been working on developing the Good Food Logo, a front-of-pack seal to help Zambian consumers identify more nutritious food options in store. Following consultations with various stakeholders at the SBN 2017 quarter 2 event held on 23 June at the WFP office, the final graphic design that will appear on qualifying products is ready. The final graphic was developed after feedback provided by stakeholders on the image that best represents the central theme of the logo, “well-being”. Other connotations of the logo include strength, good health, social and community bonds, safe and quality food and an assurance that the food producer cares about the consumer. The SBN team is currently working on validation of the criteria that go with use of the logo for various food products and engaging relevant stakeholders in developing an administration structure for the logo.

Maano – Virtual Farmers’ Market: The end of August marks three months since the first Maano transaction. In three months, the Maano app has helped smallholder farmers in 28 rural communities sell 120.65 metric tons of their produce, worth 377,000 kwachas. This is hoped to increase and diversify household incomes in rural communities.