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IFADC 2011

USAID & USDA LRP Support to WFP

Catherine Feeney

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

Cash and Voucher TransfersAn 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 countries48 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

USAID/USDA LRP Funding

USDAPakistanMozambiqueChad Republic of CongoMaliCameroonMalawiTanzania

FY 2010: approx $7.5 million

FY 2011: approx $11.5 million

Food for Peace/ EFSPPakistanMozambiqueHaitiNigerKenyaKyrgyzstanSri LankaSudanZimbabweAfghanistanSomaliaLibya MyanmarFY 2010: approx $198 million FY 2011: approx $98 million

Pakistan inkind and

LRPFloods 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

Haiti – Cash For Work & In KindFFP 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

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

Sudan InKind & Vouchers FFP Title II: $266

millionEFSP: $2.2 million Relief needsVouchers for 10 food

itemsDarfur & N KordofanOver 233,000

beneficiariesCereals, groundnut oil,

vegetables & meat

USDA and P4P – Connecting Farmers to

MarketsA 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

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”

Challenges Continued…

Kenya LRP: Defaults due to rising prices

Sudan Vouchers: Preparatory time needed before actual implementation

SuccessesAvailability and use of diverse toolbox to

meet diverse needs in complex environments

Facilitating the shift from food aid to food assistance

THANK YOU