World Food Programme (WFP), in its Country Brief for January 2023, notes that food insecurity stays at concerning levels in the face of Sri Lankas financial crisis.However, as per the latest Household Food Security Survey for December 2022, 33% of homes in Sri Lanka are food insecure, a decrease from 37% in November, the file checked out even more.

The organization states 68% of homes are resorting to negative food-based coping techniques such as consuming less preferred food, restricting portion sizes and/or reducing the variety of meals.The WFP states, in tandem with the Sri Lankan federal government, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and WFP, a joint Food Security Assessment (CFSAM) would be conducted in early March, targeting 15,000 households from 25 districts.

This is a follow-up to the CFSAM performed in May 2022.

The report even more kept in mind that markets remain functional and currently have a wide variety of products, sufficient physical accessibility of vital items and a durable supply chain, regardless of the markets reporting concerns around cost volatility in December last year based on the WFPs December Market Functional Index.With regards to its emergency actions to Sri Lankas economic crisis, WFP discussed its strategies to assist 3.4 million people through basic food distribution, school meals and nutrition support.Since the start of emergency operations in June 2022, WFP has actually reached 489,040 people with cash support and 362,100 with in-kind food help.

This is an outcome of WFPs response scale-up targeted at reaching 1.4 million individuals through genuine food assistance (cash or in-kind).

Since January 2023, WFP had actually dispersed rice to 7,593 schools, reaching 1,050,714 kids.

WFP exceeded its strategy to support 1 million kids with school meals through the Governments national school meals programme in 2022.