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📦 Do you know what a WFP Food Basket is? A WFP food basket includes essential food items—or sometimes cash—to support people facing emergencies or prolonged crises. These could be due to conflict, climate disasters, or other hardships. 💡"Food basket" is a term that is used in economics to help measure inflation. It’s a concept that is widely used within the humanitarian field, economics and agriculture. It may in fact be a box or a parcel of food. 🟦 What's inside a food basket? The contents vary by location but generally include cereals (like wheat, maize, or rice), pulses (such as lentils and beans), vegetable oil, and iodized salt. WFP prioritizes buying food from local suppliers and increasing the use of fortified products like wheat flour, maize meal, and rice. 🟦 How do we decide what goes in? We tailor food baskets to local diets and preferences. By monitoring market availability and purchasing habits, we ensure that the food provided is culturally familiar. Depending on market conditions, WFP may also distribute cash or vouchers instead of food items. 🟦 How do we adapt our food basket to cultural norms? WFP respects local food traditions and works with governments to align food assistance with community needs. We also focus on environmental responsibility—some countries require containers to be returned, while others repurpose packaging into useful, eco-friendly products. 🌍 At WFP, we’re committed to providing nutritious, culturally appropriate, and sustainable food assistance—because everyone deserves a meal they can rely on. 💙