Located in southeast Africa, Mozambique is a low-income, food-deficit country with a large rural population of 20 million. It ranked 185 of 191 countries in the 2021 Human Development Index, 106 of 116 in the 2021 Global Hunger Index, and 136 of 170 in the 2021 Gender Inequality Index.

Annual Country Reports (ACR) are a key accountability document produced by country offices on a yearly basis which inform donors how their funds were used during the reporting year. Their purpose is to tell WFP’s performance story in an accurate, transparent and evidence-based manner by assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of our operations in our pursuit towards zero hunger.

March 24 is a day that Wizno Nahnombe will never forget. He was having lunch with other colleagues at a restaurant in the centre of the village of Palma, on the northeast coast of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.

The contribution, which was allocated through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) comes at a critical time as the climate crisis intensifies, with extreme weather events such as cyclones, floods and droughts, occurring more frequently and intensely. “For us to overcome the adversities of climate change means improving the livelihoods of vulnerable communities dependent on farm

The funding, which was provided through Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is part of KOICA’s Conflict and Fragility Programme and will help WFP support the reintegration of more than 50,000 returnees, especially women and youth, with essential food assistance and income-generation opportunities.

Extreme weather has a fondness for Mozambique, one of the world’s most climate-disaster-prone countries.

Thanks to Japan’s contribution, WFP will provide rice and canned fish to people affected by the conflict at a critical time when over 3.3 million people are facing acute food insecurity in Mozambique, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).   “Mozambique has been Japan’s crucial partner within a strategic plan of Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) a

The contribution will be used to provide treatment and prevention services to over 90,000 malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five suffering in Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa provinces. “A nutritious diet is an inherent component of care and treatment in the context of food insecurity,” says Antonella D’Aprile, WFP’s Country Director in Mozambique.

The government preliminary data on the storm’s impact in Inhambane, Sofala, Gaza and Maputo provinces, indicate that more than 48,000 people have been affected and over 23,000 students and teachers are unable to attend classes. More than 10,000 houses have been partially or completely destroyed.

The evaluation was carried out in 2023 and aligned with the WFP's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) across  key strategic outcomes (SO) 2 and 3.