WFP Zambia Country Brief, February 2021
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US$ 1.7 million cash-based transfers made
US$ 279,845 six-month (April – September 2021) net funding requirements
320,463 people assisted in FEBRUARY 2021
Operational Updates
In February, WFP assisted 320,463 people, including 15,820 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with food and cash assistance, 213,245 vulnerable urban people under the COVID-19 cash assistance programme, 18,628 people through nutrition improvement interventions and 59,643 people through smallholder support activities. The remaining 11,204 people were reached through social protection and capacity-strengthening interventions.
WFP continued to implement its COVID-19 response, reaching 42,649 households (213,245 people) across the targeted six districts (Chilanga, Kafue, Kalulushi, Kitwe, Livingstone and Lusaka). Each household received ZMW 800 (USD 37.5) to cover its needs for two months for a total of ZMW 34.12 million (about USD 1.6 million)
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Choma District Agriculture Coordinator (DACO) Robert Tembo has revealed that out of 25,364 farmers earmarked to receive farming inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) for the 2020/2021 farming season, only 144 have not accessed the inputs.
Mr. Tembo has since called upon the remaining farmers to ensure that they visit their agro-dealers as soon as possible because inputs are available.
“These farmers are at liberty at any time to access these goods, but we will be very happy if they get these inputs as soon as possible,” he said.
He told ZANIS in Choma that it was the desire of government that all farmers fully utilise what is available in their FISP accounts saying some were in the habit of leaving a bit of money unused.
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