USAID Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP)
Program Overview and Progress to Date
John Brooks
EFSP Team Leader
Setting the Stage Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to
Congress Findings– Cash grants for LRP stretches the food aid dollar and
delivers aid faster
– Cost Savings: Between 2001-2008 LRP in sub-Saharan Africa cost 34 percent less than similar in-kind food aid
– More Timely: LRP delivered in 41 days vs. 147 days for in-kind food aid
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EFSP Purpose and Program Objectives
• To address the highest priority, immediate, emergency food assistance needs
• Used when:– Title II in-kind food aid cannot
arrive in a sufficiently timely manner;
– LRP, cash transfer or food vouchers are more appropriate due to market conditions; or
– Significantly more beneficiaries can be served
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Funding Level and Availability
• Authorization
• FY10 and FY11 Funding Levels
• Awards to Date by Modality
EFSP Funding by Modalities – FY10 & FY11 to Date
Local and RegionalProcurement
Cash Transfers Food Vouchers
$255 million
$44 million $40 million
EFSP at Work Around the World
Mozambique$ 6 million
Pakistan $ 182 million
Niger $ 26.8 million
Zimbabwe$ 5.7 million
Afghanistan $ 16 million
Kyrgyzstan $ 13.1 million
Burma $ 1.5 million
Indonesia $710,000
Yemen$1.5 million
Kenya $ 20 million
Sudan $ 2.3 million
Libya $ 5 million
Benin $ 4 millionLiberia
$ 1.7 million
Haiti $ 47 million
Nicaragua $ 500,000 Sri Lanka
$ 6.4 million
As of June 29, 2011
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Looking Ahead
• Data Collection – Program Reports
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Learning from the Experts – Roundtable Reporting Note
