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title: "Minimum Expenditure Basket"
slug: "minimum-expenditure-basket"
updated: 2025-10-10T10:30:47Z
published: 2025-10-10T10:30:47Z
canonical: "vamresources.manuals.wfp.org/minimum-expenditure-basket"
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# Minimum Expenditure Basket

The objective of this technical note is to provide an overview of two approaches that establish the costs of reference food baskets with a view to informing programmes: the Fill the Nutrient Gap / Cost of the Diet (FNG/CotD) and the Essential Needs Analysis/Minimum Expenditure Basket (ENA/MEB).

[Minimum Expenditure Basket](https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000116644/download/)