1 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 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

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

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

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

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 million EFSP: $2.2 million  Relief needs  Vouchers for 10 food items  Darfur & N Kordofan  Over 233,000 beneficiaries  Cereals, groundnut oil, vegetables & meat

USDA and P4P – Connecting Farmers to Markets A 5 year pilot program was launched in 21 countries beginning September of 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

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