Country: Ghana Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. In Numbers20,236 people assisted in MayUS$ 367,186 cash-based transfers distributedUS$ 1.8 million six-month net funding requirements (June – November 2025)Operational UpdatesAssistance to Refugees and Host Communities: WFP supported 3,127 refugees and 3,970 individuals from host communities in Bono East, Upper East, and Upper West regions with mobile unconditional cash transfers. Additionally, 1,156 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls and 405 children aged 6–23 months received nutrition top-ups. WFP supports only the refugees in the 5 settlements as per the Government’s directive. So far, 17,620 refugees and asylum seekers have been registered, whilst an estimated 7,840 Burkinabe citizens remain unregistered.Lean Season Response: WFP began a six-month intervention (May to October 2025) in four regions—Northern, Oti, Savannah, and Upper West—covering nineteen districts. In May alone, 2,655 households (including 924 female-headed households) received mobile unconditional cash transfers.Resilience and Livelihoods: Through a joint UN programme, 15 female refugees received vocational training, 3 aquaculture groups underwent group dynamics training, 75 participants trained in onion and cabbage farming, and 65 individuals received technical training in cereal and legume production. Next steps include providing starter packs and farm inputs.Empowering Youth Agroforestry Farmers (AgYE Programme): WFP and MoFA trained 2,013 young smallholder farmers in Bono and Bono East in maize-based agroforestry. Support included access to shelling services and storage equipment to reduce post-harvest losses and improve incomes.Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) Competition: WFP partnered with Broadspectrum Limited and Agrospectrum Ghana to launch a PHL innovation competition, mentoring 30 innovators in 10 teams. The programme reached over 3,000 farmers across multiple regions.DFAT Resilience and Livelihood Project: In Karaga District, 449 beneficiaries people benefited from Food for Assets assistance including technical visits for land rehabilitation, gardening, agroforestry, and water harvesting. Project is expected to end by June.Empowering Women Farmers Through Community-Based Milling Solutions: WFP supported three medium-scale processing facilities in Northern, Upper West, and Upper East Ghana with about 70 hammer mills, improving postharvest milling for smallholder farmers. To increase impact, WFP and District Agriculture Departments conducted sensitization campaigns in over 10 communities, reaching approximately 1,500 farmers—primarily young women and adult females. The mills are cutting down labor time and creating new income streams by offering faster, more accessible processing services.