EMERGENCY FOOD RESERVESmitigating the impact of high and volatile food prices on the hungry poor

ETHIOPIA

1984

ETHIOPIA

2009

food reserves linked to safety nets can reduce the human and economic cost of weather related disasters

can they do the same during periods of high and volatile food prices?

to answer that question, we

needed to know …TWO THINGS…

FIRSThow do high and volatile prices affect access to food in poor food deficit countries?

HIGH AND VOLATILE FOOD PRICES

can limit access to food for the most vulnerable

can defeat traditional coping strategies

HIGH AND VOLATILE FOOD PRICES

SECONDif a food reserve is appropriate, how might it best be designed?

STUDIED EXISTING MODELS

EAERR

SAARC

SADC

ETHIOPIA

MALI

What did we lean?WHAT DID WE LEARN?

GO REGIONAL

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075

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0012

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Benin

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

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Think Small

THINKSMALL

COMPLEMENT EXISTING

STRUCTURES

BUILD TO LAST

TARGET THE MOST VULNERABLE

ENSURE OWNERSHIP

GOVERN EFFECTIVELY

Be TransparentBE TRANSPARENT

STRENGTHEN CAPACITY

WHAT WILL IT TAKE?

COMMITMENT

CAPITAL

COLLABORATION

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