EMERGENCY FOOD RESERVES mitigating 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 …
FIRST how 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
SECOND if 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
Think Small THINK SMALL
COMPLEMENT EXISTING STRUCTURES
BUILD TO LAST
TARGET THE MOST VULNERABLE
ENSURE OWNERSHIP
GOVERN EFFECTIVELY
Be Transparent BE TRANSPARENT
STRENGTHEN CAPACITY
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
COMMITMENT
CAPITAL
COLLABORATION
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