Emergency food operation for Karnali

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Emergency food operation for Karnali

Source: http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/298/Update/11868

The UN's World Food Programme is planning its first ever emergency food
operation in Nepal to counter severe drought in the Karnali and
neighbouring districts. The three-month plan, likely to be approved in
Rome this week, envisions 3,800 tonnes of rice and flour being
delivered by trucks, mules and porters, WFP Deputy Country Director
Jean-Pierre de Margerie told us.

"We're trying to borrow food from other projects so we can maybe do a
first wave of deliveries mid-June," added de Margerie.