Food Assistance Fact Sheet - Ecuador

 
 
 

October 18, 2012

Food Security Situation

Map of Ecuador
CIA World Factbook

  • The primary threats undermining Ecuador’s food security are unequal distribution of resources and an extremely vulnerable and impoverished population.  Approximately 92 percent of children under five are chronically malnourished. 

  • Ecuador, which has the largest number of refugees and asylum seekers in Latin America, hosts approximately 167,000 Colombian persons in need of international protection.

  • Ecuador is prone to natural disasters including floods, earthquakes, droughts, and volcanic eruptions.  The effects of climate change are exacerbating these disasters and decreasing water availability as well as food security.

Food Assistance Programs

  • The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) now targets approximately 45,000 food insecure Colombian refugees and Ecuadorian host communities in the northern provinces of Ecuador.

  • FFP partners with the UN World Food Program (WFP) to provide refugee assistance, livelihood support, refugee integration, and nutritional and feeding programs.

Food for Peace Contributions

Total Contributions:

  U.S. Dollars Metric Tons
Fiscal Year 2012 $1.0 million 560 MT
Fiscal Year 2011 $1.6 million 1,230 MT
Fiscal Year 2010 $0.8 million 820 MT
Fiscal Year 2009 ---- ----
Fiscal Year 2008 $0.8 million 1,020 MT

Fiscal Year 2012 Contribution Breakdown:

  U.S. Dollars Metric Tons
TItle II Development ---- ----
Title II Emergency $1.0 million 560 MT
Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) ---- ----

Note: FY: Fiscal Year; MT: Metric Ton; USD: U.S. Dollar; WFP: World Food Program
Food Security Situation information provided by UN Refugee Agency and WFP as of March 2012

Last updated: October 22, 2012

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