| Net Funding Requirements (NFRs): | USD 6.63M (45% of CSP 2024–2028 total); 6-month NFR USD 0.34M — note: USD 9.5M KOICA agreement not yet reflected in CSP funding table |
| Current Reach: | 9,055 people assisted in 2025 (annual; no monthly figure available) |
| Population IPC 3+: | N/A — no IPC/CH analysis available for Bhutan |
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| Category | Title | Description | Potential Mitigations | Functional Areas | Support Resources | Evidence | Seriousness |
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| Financial | CSP Funding Table Misrepresents Resource Position | USD 9.5M KOICA agreement not reflected in CSP funding table; nominal 45% gap (USD 6.63M) is misleading and may suppress further donor mobilisation or trigger unnecessary austerity decisions. | 1. Urgently reconcile KOICA agreement into CSP funding table and issue corrected figures to regional office and donors. 2. Pursue residual gap (post-KOICA) closure through non-traditional donors given lower middle-income reclassification. | Resource Management, Partnerships | Regional Bureau Bangkok | WFP Bhutan Country Brief, April 2026 (doc_id: 4210590) | High |
| Operational | Infrastructure Delivery Complexity — 57 Schools, 13 Districts | Simultaneous procurement, contractor oversight, and supply chain coordination across 57 school sites risks delays, cost overruns, and quality failures if country office capacity is not scaled to match. | 1. Conduct immediate capacity assessment; recruit or second specialist procurement/construction oversight staff. 2. Establish milestone-based contractor payment and quarterly district-level oversight reviews. | Supply Chain, Programme, Administration | Regional Bureau Bangkok, HQ Procurement | WFP Bhutan Country Brief, April 2026 (doc_id: 4210590) | High |
| Financial | SO2 Structural Underfunding — Nutrition and Emergency Preparedness | Activity 4 (malnutrition prevention) had zero funding in 2025; Activity 5 (disaster risk management) significantly under-resourced. Donor pool narrowed by lower middle-income reclassification. Risk of sustained programme gap through CSP end. | 1. Develop targeted resource mobilisation pitch for SO2 activities, emphasising climate-shock preparedness angle for climate finance instruments. 2. Explore South-South cooperation and KOICA expansion given existing engagement. | Resource Management, Nutrition, Emergency Preparedness | Regional Bureau Bangkok, HQ Partnerships | 2025 ACR (BTN); CSP 2024–2028 (doc_id: CSP-BTN-2024) | High |
| Operational | Rainfall Deficit and Emerging Crop Stress — Eastern Districts | 3-month rainfall below 75% of normal in 26 districts (Monggar, Trashigang, Pemagatshel); acute 10-day deficit in 128 districts. Vegetation stress not yet manifest but expected within 2–4 weeks. Could disrupt smallholder incomes and local school food sourcing. | 1. Activate watch-level monitoring protocol; task VAM/field staff to track NDVI weekly. 2. Pre-position contingency stocks in eastern districts; coordinate with DLGM on early warning triggers. | VAM, Programme, Emergency Preparedness | WFP VAM, National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology | WFP-VAM Climate Data, dekad to 2026-07-01 | Medium |
| Operational | Climate Shock — Flood/Landslide Displacement Disrupting School Feeding | Flood and landslide events can displace communities and damage school infrastructure mid-construction, diverting country office resources from KOICA infrastructure delivery to emergency response. | 1. Ensure emergency prepositioning with DLGM is sufficient for plausible displacement scenarios beyond the 13 tents already transferred. 2. Build force majeure and response protocols into KOICA infrastructure contracts. | Emergency Preparedness, Programme, Supply Chain | DLGM, Regional Bureau Bangkok | WFP Bhutan Country Brief, April 2026 (doc_id: 4210590) | Medium |
| Strategic | Institutional Credibility Risk — Nutritionist Vacancy | Prolonged nutritionist vacancy weakened government confidence in WFP nutrition expertise, threatening government partnership quality and WFP's policy influence on nutrition-sensitive school feeding under the KOICA programme. | 1. Prioritise filling nutritionist post as an urgent staffing action. 2. Interim: engage secondment from regional office or UNICEF partnership to maintain government engagement continuity. | Human Resources, Nutrition, Partnerships | Regional Bureau Bangkok, HQ HR | 2025 ACR (BTN) | Medium |
| Operational | Home-Grown School Feeding Linkage Not Yet Formalised | KOICA infrastructure investment in 57 schools creates a platform for local agricultural procurement, but the smallholder-to-school pipeline (101 farmer groups) remains informal. Failure to formalise will leave the HGSF opportunity unrealised. | 1. Develop formal HGSF procurement framework linking farmer groups to school kitchens as part of KOICA Phase 2 design. 2. Incorporate HGSF milestones into KOICA agreement implementation plan. | Programme, Supply Chain, Partnerships | FAO, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock | WFP Bhutan Country Brief, August 2025 (doc_id: 4174993); 2025 ACR (BTN) | Low |
| Financial | Adaptation Fund Implementation Delay — SO1 Expenditure Underperformance | Activity 1 (index-based insurance) was delayed from 2025 to March 2026, producing a 31.6% SO1 expenditure rate against USD 6.83M available. Continued slippage risks donor confidence and multi-year fund withdrawal. | 1. Confirm Activity 1 implementation milestones as of March 2026 and report progress to Adaptation Fund. 2. Establish quarterly expenditure triggers with escalation to country director if underspend persists. | Programme, Resource Management | Adaptation Fund Secretariat, Regional Bureau Bangkok | 2025 ACR (BTN) | Low |
Note: 3 documents were reviewed covering the period August 2025–July 2026, supplemented by WFP-VAM climate data to 1 July 2026. The intelligence is current as of 20 July 2026.
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