Food for human development (FFHD) is a pilot initiative of WFP. The initiative aims at addressing the need for accelerating the development of human and social capital as well as enabling social inclusion in various employment generation and poverty alleviation programme. FFHD was initially implemented in 22 villages of WFP’s six operational districts in Orissa during 2004-05. The project is being implemented in 34 villages of Boipariguda and Semiliguda blocks of Koraput district since 2005. (Four villages namely, Barangpally, Goelkund, Siadimal and Tentulipadar from Boipariguda Block were included in early 2007). The village level implementation of the project is done in partnership with local NGOs.