At the beginning of 2009:

• 16 National Programmes for Food Security are under implementation: Algeria, Brazil, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra leone, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania

• 38 are at different stages of the formulation process
  NPFS in AFRICA
  NPFS in ASIA & THE PACIFIC 
  NPFS in LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEANS
  NPFS in NEAR EAST

* Non-LIFDCs

AFRICA

Programmes under implementation (11 countries)

• Chad, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa*, the United Republic of Tanzania.

Formulated Programmes (17)

• Benin, Botswana*, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia*, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo.

Programmes Under formulation (8)

• Angola, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Zambia.

Exploratory discussions (3)

• Comoros, Eritrea, Gabon.

ASIA & THE PACIFIC

Programmes under implementation (2 countries)

• Indonesia, Pakistan.

Formulated Programmes (1)

• Cambodia 

Programmes under formulation (5)

• Lao, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka.

Exploratory discussions (1)

• Bangladesh

LATIN AMERICA & THE CARRIBEANS

Programmes under implementation (3 countries)

• Brazil*, El Salvador*, Mexico*.

Formulated Programmes (2)

• Guatemala*, Haiti.

Programmes under formulation (3)

• Colombia*, Nicaragua, Paraguay.

Exploratory discussions (5)

• Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru*, Venezuela*.

NEAR EAST

Programmes under implementation (1 country)

• Algeria*

Formulated Programmes (3)

• Afghanistan, Djibouti, Jordan*.

Programmes under formulation (1)

• Syria

Exploratory discussions (1)

• Mauritania