ArmInfo. Armenia's Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and World Food Program (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Armenia Jelena Milosevic remotely signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at fulfilling the WFP national strategy plan for 2019-2024. The press service of MFA of Armenia reports.
"The memorandum is an important tool for WFP and the Armenian government in the process of strengthening the opportunities aimed at ensuring food security in the country until 2030. Within the framework of the five-year strategic plan, WFP is implementing a transformative approach to development for Armenia and its people, through investments will assist the government of Armenia stable and inclusive programs>, the source says.
In particular, within the framework of the plan of the national strategy of Armenia, support will be provided to the most vulnerable groups of the population and at the same time will facilitate their integration into economic activity, thereby stimulating the pace of stable economic growth in Armenia.
According to the report, WFP will assist the efforts of the Armenian government in creating cost-effective jobs, in ensuring the quality of education, developing renewable and modern energy sources, modernizing green agribusiness, in implementing programs aimed at food security, eliminating malnutrition in Armenia, developing human capital, improving public health. It should be noted that the World Food Program is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing annually about 4 million tons of food. The organization was founded in 1963 as a food aid body in the UN system and provides assistance to the poor in developing countries, fighting hunger and poverty. The organization uses food aid to promote economic and social development.
