FFA

The most food-insecure people often live in fragile

and degraded landscapes and areas prone to

recurrent natural shocks and other risks.

Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) is one of WFP’s

flagship initiatives aimed at addressing the most

food-insecure people’s immediate food needs with

cash, vouchers or food transfers and improving their

long-term food security and resilience.

The concept is simple: people receive cash or foodbased

transfers to address their immediate food

needs, while they build or boost assets, such as

constructing a road or rehabilitating degraded land,

that will improve their livelihoods by creating

healthier natural environments, reducing risks and

impact of shocks, increasing food productivity, and

strengthening resilience to natural disasters.