THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed Ronald Tran Ba Huy as its new representative to Tanzania.

The new representative officially presented his credentials to the government on Thursday last week, with Dennis Londo, deputy minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, receiving the documents.

During the occasion, the new country representative expressed WFP’s enthusiasm to intensify collaboration to further boost the country’s potential to become a regional hub for food production and logistics.

He said WFP is committed to supporting the government in ensuring that the most vulnerable communities have access to nutritious food, empowering smallholder farmers and investing in climate adaptation and emergency preparedness.

Tran Ba Huy’s journey with WFP began in 2016 when he served as the Country Director and Representative in Haiti.

There, he managed the emergency response to Hurricane Matthew and assisted the government in developing the National SDG Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition.

In 2019, he was appointed Deputy Director of Research, Assessment, and Monitoring Division at WFP Headquarters in Rome, where he played a key role in developing the organisation’s Strategic Plan for 2022–2026.