Purchase for Progress
WFP supports initiatives that help empower local farmers in developing countries and address long-term hunger needs. As part of these initiatives, the Purchase for Progress (P4P) program was launched by WFP, with generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. This new program aims to give small-scale farmers access to reliable markets and the opportunity to sell their surplus to WFP at competitive prices. By purchasing crops from local farmers, P4P assists them with increasing their household incomes – a critical component in solving hunger and poverty at the very core. Buying locally also helps WFP distribute food more quickly to those who need it most. “It’s a win-win,” says WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran. “We help our beneficiaries who have little or no food, and we help local farmers who have little or no access to markets.” Beginning in 2009, WFP expects to purchase enough food to feed 250,000 people for the first year of the pilot. P4P will be piloted in 21 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America: Africa: Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia Latin America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua Asia: Afghanistan and Laos WFP ResourcesLink Friends of WFP Fact SheetPurchase for Progress [PDF]Sidebar: A farmer and his family in Mozambique benefit from a secure market.
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