{"version":"1","article":{"id":"wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","slug":"wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026?lang=en","title":"WFP study links resilience programmes with food security and farm production","summary":"Randomized evaluations in four countries, including South Sudan, found food-security gains lasting at least two years and links to higher agricultural production and productive assets.","category":"agriculture","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-05","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"World Food Programme","url":"https://www.wfp.org/publications/impacts-wfps-resilience-programming-evidence-four-country-study","publishedAt":"2026-10-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/wfp-four-country-resilience-food-security-agriculture-evidence-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["A World Food Programme publication dated 5 October summarizes impact evaluations conducted with the World Bank in Niger, Mali, Rwanda and South Sudan. The evaluations used randomized controlled trials to compare communities with access to Food Assistance for Assets and integrated resilience interventions with communities that did not participate.","WFP reports improved food security across all four countries, with benefits lasting at least two years after programme launch. It says improved food security was linked to stronger livelihoods, particularly higher agricultural production and more productive assets. Effects did not appear immediately after lean-season transfers but later as livelihood benefits materialized, and varied by local context and programme design. The public summary gives no country-specific effect sizes; it does not support attributing the pooled headline result to South Sudan alone."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Randomized evaluations in four countries, including South Sudan, found food-security gains lasting at least two years and links to higher agricultural production and productive assets.\n\nA World Food Programme publication dated 5 October summarizes impact evaluations conducted with the World Bank in Niger, Mali, Rwanda and South Sudan. The evaluations used randomized controlled trials to compare communities with access to Food Assistance for Assets and integrated resilience interventions with communities that did not participate.\n\nWFP reports improved food security across all four countries, with benefits lasting at least two years after programme launch. It says improved food security was linked to stronger livelihoods, particularly higher agricultural production and more productive assets. Effects did not appear immediately after lean-season transfers but later as livelihood benefits materialized, and varied by local context and programme design. The public summary gives no country-specific effect sizes; it does not support attributing the pooled headline result to South Sudan alone.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}