Support to WFP Food Procurement in Developing Countries – Achievements and Challenges

1. IFADC 2011 USAID & USDA LRP Support to WFP Catherine Feeney

2. WFP Global LRP Procurement Total Purchases in 2010: 3.2 million MT US $1.25 billion 78% purchased in developing countries: 2.6 million MT US $975 million Pakistan: 17.5% of total purchases US $214 million

3. Cash and Voucher Transfers An Iraqi refugee receives an electronic voucher via text message from WFP to spend on a variety of food items in selected shops. • Since 2007: 25 countries 48 different projects US $311 million • Voucher Modalities: printed vouchers, scratch cards, or electronic vouchers transmitted through phones • Cash Modalities: Cash, debit/smart cards, e-money using mobile phones

4. USAID/USDA LRP Funding USDA Pakistan Mozambique Chad Republic of Congo Mali Cameroon Malawi Tanzania FY 2010: approx $7.5 million FY 2011: approx $11.5 million Food for Peace/ EFSP Pakistan Mozambique Haiti Niger Kenya Kyrgyzstan Sri Lanka Sudan Zimbabwe Afghanistan Somalia Libya Myanmar FY 2010: approx $198 million FY 2011: approx $98 million

5. Pakistan inkind and LRP Floods and IDP Response FFP/Title II: around $100 million Extensive prepo stocks FFP/ EFSP approx US$ 167 million USDA LRP Cash: approx US $5 .7 million Commodities: Over 225,000 mts wheat, wheat flour, pulses, veg oil Contributed to approx 9 million beneficiaries through LRP/EFSP programs Distributed through emergency food rations and Food-for-Work programs

6. Haiti – Cash For Work & In Kind FFP Title II : approx $80 million, with focus on immediate response (including MREs/HDRs) and hurricane preparation FFP/EFSP: $35 million Cash for Work: WFP’s first experience in bringing employment-based cash programming to scale in an emergency Combination of food and cash (combined donor resources) 90% of participants earthquake affected victims & 10% host populations Over 200,000 direct participants

7. Kenya – Cash & Food for Assets FFP/Title 11: Approx $75 million USDA McGovern Dole $10 million FFP/ EFSP US$10 million: Piloting Cash for Assets program in 2 districts $9.7 million to procure 21,500 MT cereals $300,000 towards cash transfer program 1.6 million beneficiaries under general food distributions, Food for Assets, and cash transfer program

8. Sudan InKind & Vouchers • FFP Title II: $266 million • EFSP: $2.2 million • Relief needs • Vouchers for 10 food items • Darfur & N Kordofan • Over 233,000 beneficiaries • Cereals, groundnut oil, vegetables & meat

9. USDA and P4P – Connecting Farmers to Markets A 5 year pilot program was launched in 21 countries beginning September of 2008. In FY 2009, USDA donated $4.7 million to Purchase for Progress pilot programs in Mali, Tanzania, and Malawi Tanzania: 2899 MT maize and 424 MT beans Purchased from 13 Farmers Groups / SACCOS (Savings and Credits cooperative societies) & NFRA (National Food Reserve Agency) Beneficiaries included those affected by HIV-AIDS , school-feeding and refugees

10. Challenges and Lessons Learned • Tanzania P4P: “transactions are informal, farmers are typically price takers and there is no adherence to a transparent grading system and no incentive to invest in quality produce” • Haiti Cash : “implementing such a new and large scale program within a difficult social and economic environment in the aftermath of a large humanitarian disaster”

11. Challenges Continued… • Kenya LRP: Defaults due to rising prices • Sudan Vouchers: Preparatory time needed before actual implementation

12. Successes • Availability and use of diverse toolbox to meet diverse needs in complex environments • Facilitating the shift from food aid to food assistance THANK YOU