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Briefing on Purchase for Progress April 2008 Kansas City United Nations World Food Programme. This presentation will cover:. Global Food Procurement Background Key figures/trends Purchase For Progress Concept and Challenges. Food Procurement. Mission statement:
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Briefing on Purchase for Progress April 2008 Kansas City United Nations World Food Programme
This presentation will cover: Global Food Procurement Background • Key figures/trends Purchase For Progress • Concept and Challenges
Food Procurement • Mission statement: “ to provide acceptable food to beneficiaries in a timely and cost efficient manner”.
2007 KEY FIGURES Total Purchases Mung Beans US$ 767 million Wheat Maize 2.1 million mt Black Beans Soybeans Sorghum
Food Procurement Trends 2007 US$ million million mt 2003 includes 518,000 mt worth US$ 182 million for Iraq 2004 includes 1,562,000 mt worth US$ 540 million for Iraq
Where did we purchase in 2007? North America 206,857 mt 68million US$ Europe 167,399 mt 72million US$ Asia 667,961 mt 262million US$ Africa 902,297 mt 253million US$ Latin America 135,316 mt 111million US$ Oceania 22 mt 9,000 US$ 82 Countries:69 Developing 13 Developed UN World Food Programme, Food Procurement Service
Purchase for ProgressContext Changing global environment Part of a range of tools to enable hunger solutions Focus on low-income farmers and communities Concept widely supported
What is Purchase for Progress? A CONCEPT AN OPPORTUNITY A PLAN
Objectives With a particular focus on low-income and small-holder farmers, Purchase for Progress aims to: Identify and share best practices for WFP, NGOs, governments and agricultural market stakeholders to increase profitable engagement in markets Increase capacities in order to raise income from agricultural markets Increase farmers’ sales to WFP Transform WFP food purchase programmes
Activities • Competitive tendering practices • Purchasing directly • Contracting for risk reduction • Processing options Cross-cutting activities are: Partnerships & Training, Monitoring & Evaluation Policy Advice & Advocacy
Traders & Processors UN Agencies & The World Bank Bilateral Partners Farmers & Communities NGOs Donors Regional Organisations Research Institutions National Governments
Why WFP? Relatively stable demand Experience Operational capacity
Challenges • Inputs and finance • Infrastructure • Quality • Prices • Contract defaults
Monitoring • Business-as-usual • Pilot activities • Food security, market and policy analysis • System design • Indicators against baseline: real-time, mid- and end-term evaluations
Innovations to connect low-income and small-scale farmers to markets