Cash transfers, food and fragility

Against a backdrop of declining food security, climate change, and the grave impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, cash transfer programmes increased tremendously. At the same time, there was a growing consensus among development and humanitarian organizations that cash transfers are an effective tool to rebuild people’s livelihoods, contribute to their food and nutrition security, and increase their resilience to shocks. Yet,  there was still a knowledge gap on the triad relationship between cash transfers, food and nutrition security, and fragility. That is why The Broker in partnership with three knowledge platforms (financed by INCLUDE and Food & Business Knowledge Platform, with participation of the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law), launched a project: ‘Cash Transfers in relation to food and nutrition security and fragility’. The project aimed to increase understanding about the impact of cash transfer programmes on food security and under what conditions these programmes can best be implemented to have a positive effect on food security and fragility. The project resulted in a synthesis of available knowledge and interesting case studies so as to provide valuable input for policies and interventions.