SAFANSI : the South Asia food and security initiative (English)

According to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), about 23 percent of the global population that is routinely hungry - 336 million people are in South Asia. The South Asia food and nutrition security initiative (SAFANSI) is a multi-donor trust fund...  See More + According to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), about 23 percent of the global population that is routinely hungry - 336 million people are in South Asia. The South Asia food and nutrition security initiative (SAFANSI) is a multi-donor trust fund that finances analysis, advocacy, and capacity building activities to improve food and nutrition security outcomes in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The United Kingdom's (UK's) department for international development (DFID) and the World Bank established the SAFANSI trust fund in 2010 to increase the commitment of governments and development agencies in South Asia in pursuing more effective and integrated food and nutrition security policies and programs. In 2011, SAFANSI launched a new window - scaling-up nutrition initiative technical assistance (SUNITA) - financed by the Government of Australia's department of foreign affairs and trade (DFAT). SUNITA finances analytical work, evaluations of interventions, and technical assistance to effectively address gaps in nutrition interventions in Nepal. SAFANSI helps South Asian countries work towards achieving the first millennium development goal - eradicating extreme poverty and hunger - a goal which brings to light the many links between poverty and hunger. SAFANSI will support strategic knowledge management and communications to help increase: (1) interaction and collaboration between grant recipients, (2) the flow of relevant information to those recipients, and (3) the communication of findings to critical audiences.  See Less -