WFP Purchase for Progress Annual Consultation Rome, January 30, 2013 Moving Forward Together: Developing Partnership with P4P to strengthen Smallholder Farmer Access to SD Markets

2Title Overview of Partnership with P4P  PG-HGSF program in Kenya, Mali & Ghana  Aims to give access to 104,000 SHFs to the Governments’ Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) program markets  Contribute to increase incomes of SHFs;  Overall poverty reduction efforts  P4P is one of the key partners at the country level  Coincidence: supporting FBOs to deliver to SD  Difference: P4P target WFP purchases; SNV government school feeding procurement  The BMGF envisgaed collaboration among it’s SD program grantees

3Title Existing collaboration  Participation in Review meetings of P4P  Obtaining information about FBOs working with P4P  Networking with other stakeholders  Kenya:  Training module for public officers and FBOs  Ghana:  Relationship with Farm Radio International

4Title What are the main challenges for P4P – SNV cooperation?  Country versus district level focus  WFP as buyer vs. state procurement  WFP requirements vs. HGSFP requirements  Product type, quality, delivery schedule, etc.  Private sector involvement in supply chain  Application of social accountability related with public expenditure;  similar mechanism for WFP/P4P?

Some thoughts going forward  Exchange of methods, tools and experience  Complementary to our FBO strengthening  Exchange of data on existing FBOs  Data/information on situation of SHFs  Data on demand from HGSFPs 5Title

Some Preliminary findings from our Baseline survey in 5 Districts 6Title No. of FBOs264100% No. of SHFs in FBOs % Male members392053% Female members348047% No. of FBO s selling directly to HGSF 42% Source: SNV PG-HGSF Baseline reports of 5 Districts in Ghana, 2012 Caterers supplying meals to schools, 2012 No. of caterers126 Female113 Male13

Some thoughts going forward (cont.) 7Title Source: SNV PG-HGSF Baseline reports of 5 Districts in Ghana, 2012

8Title Source: SNV PG-HGSF Baseline reports of 5 Districts in Ghana, 2012 Some thoughts going forward (cont.)

Amount of Foodstuff used by Caterers during the last school term ( April-June, 2012) Produce Quantity (50kg bag) Amount (US$) Rice 6, ,078 Beans 4,889 97,533 Maize 2,589 59,660 Gari (cassava) ,076 Total 14, ,347 Source: SNV Baseline survey reports, Ghana Title

 Opportunities to link SHFs to school feeding markets  Direct contracting, support in the tender  Existing food buffer programs, infrastructure & organizations:  Cereal stores  Union of SHF cooperative  Inclusive business arrangem’ts  Leverage of resources  Joint learning & sharing  Joint advocacy toward governm’t  Link “each other’s FBOs” to WFP & governments’ HGSF 10Title Some thoughts going forward (cont.)

THANK YOU 11Title