Project to ensure food security

Three United Nations agencies and the government will implement a joint programme to promote food security and nutrition for ultra-poor families and children in the country.
Through the project, WFP, FAO and Unicef will work together to provide a combined set of inputs to reduce food insecurity and under-nutrition amongst families and children in three upazilas -- Manpura, Charfasson and Bamna ---under Barguna and Bhola districts, says a WFP press release yesterday.
The programme will provide agricultural and livestock inputs, food, nutrition and educational assistance to 18,000 undernourished children under five, pregnant and lactating women, 42,000 primary school children, and 46,500 members of poor households affected by the high food prices, it added.
The three-year programme is funded by the Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund (MDG-F), established with the contribution of the Spanish government to support joint UN efforts in achieving the MDGs.