Food Assistance Fact Sheet - Chad

May 2, 2012

Food Security Situation

Map of Chad
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  • Chad is a low-income, food-deficit country, ranked 184 out of 187 countries in the 2012 UNDP Human Development Index.  Over 500,000 refugees and IDPs reside in Chad, impacting the socio-economic situation and the depletion of natural resources in vulnerable communities.

  • Cereal production from the 2012-2013 cropping season has increased by 130 percent compared to the 2011-2012 season and 86 percent compared to the five-year average. This is due to ample rainfall, an increase in the area cultivated, and farmers' access to tractors provided by the government.

  • Markets are well-stocked with crops from this season’s harvests, which have been underway since October. This good market supply has driven down cereal prices on markets across the country; however, while prices are lower than 2011-2012, the average prices of millet and corn are still between 10 and 30 percent above the five-year average. 

Food Assistance Programs

  • The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) now targets approximately 98,600 food-insecure Chadians as well as approximately 1.8 million refugees from the Central African Republic and Sudan, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and affected host communities.  Project locations include the Batha and Ouddai regions as well as Eastern Sahelian, and Southern Chad. 

  • FFP partners with the UN World Food Program (WFP) to support refuees with general food distribution, supplementary feeding, and emergency school feeding and partners with Africare on a variety of projects including agriculture, health and nutrition, community capacity building, food for work, and food for training.

Food for Peace Contributions

Total Contributions:

  U.S. Dollars Metric Tons
Fiscal Year 2013 (projected) $51.0 million 32,610 MT
Fiscal Year 2012 $101.7 million 64,989 MT
Fiscal Year 2011 $89.6 million 61,500 MT
Fiscal Year 2010 $103.9 million 75,150 MT
Fiscal Year 2009 $146.6 million 106,630 MT

Fiscal Year 2013 Contribution Breakdown:

  U.S. Dollars Metric Tons
Title II Development $1.0 million 1,000 MT
Title II Emergency $50.0 million 31,610 MT
Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) ---- ----

Note: FY: Fiscal YEar; HDI: Human Development Index; IDP: Internally Displaced Persons; MT: Metric Ton; SCF: Save the Children; UNDP: United Nations Development Program; UNHCR: United Nations HIgh Commissioner for Refugees; USD: U.S. Dollar; WFP: World Food Program
Food Secuity Situation information provided by UNDP, FEWS NET and WFP from 2012 and 2013

Last updated: May 02, 2013

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