Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Institutional Support 2016-2020

This grant represents Canada's 2016-2020 institutional support for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s (CFGB) response to humanitarian crises around the world. The CFGB uses these funds along with other donations to achieve its mandate of reducing hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Canada's support to CFGB helps provide food assistance to ease the suffering of people in emergency and acute hunger situations worldwide and help communities rebuild their livelihoods. Canada and CFGB have been feeding hungry people saving lives and building livelihoods around the world over thirty years.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) stabilized and increased immediate consumption of food by hunger affected individuals and households; (2) improved dietary quality and nutrition practices and reduction of disease among hunger-affected individuals and households; (3) protected or strengthened productive sustainable and resilient livelihoods of hunger-affected individuals and households; (4) improvements in national and international public policies that contribute to reducing hunger; and (5) increased awareness and knowledge of Canadian on issues related to global hunger. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.