Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritania's Commissioner for Food Security, Fatimetou Mint Khattri, has warned that the World Food Programme's reduced interventions this year "pose a challenge to the continuity" of the country's food security programmes and to expanding the number of beneficiaries, calling for greater mobilisation of national and international resources, the Mauritanian News Agency reported.
She was speaking on Monday, October 19, 2026, at the 54th session of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome, where she outlined the integrated food and nutrition security approach Mauritania is developing to cope with climate change, drought, market volatility, humanitarian crises and refugee movements.
The approach rests on crisis prevention and preparedness and on early-warning and data-analysis systems, she said, citing the creation of a national fund for responding to food and nutrition crises, alongside social protection programmes including food aid, cash transfers and support for income-generating activities.
The commissioner also referred to Mauritania's hosting of Malian refugees, particularly at the Mbera camp in Hodh Ech Chargui, saying the authorities were working with UNHCR and WFP to meet their basic needs and integrate them into national systems "within available means".
