emergency food reserves mitigating the impact of high and volatile food prices on the hungry poor
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EMERGENCY FOOD RESERVESmitigating 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…
FIRSThow 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
SECONDif 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
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
025
000
5000
075
000
1000
0012
5000
1500
0017
5000
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
ACTU
AL T
ON
S DE
LIVER
ED
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 -
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
1,000,000
ECOWAS Total
ACTU
AL T
ON
S DE
LIVER
ED
Think Small
THINKSMALL
COMPLEMENT EXISTING
STRUCTURES
BUILD TO LAST
TARGET THE MOST VULNERABLE
ENSURE OWNERSHIP
GOVERN EFFECTIVELY
Be TransparentBE TRANSPARENT
STRENGTHEN CAPACITY
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
COMMITMENT
CAPITAL
COLLABORATION
THANK YOU