Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement: An Assessment of Experience in Africa and Elements of Good Donor Practice

David Tschirley () and Anne Marie del Castillo

No 54562, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: This report discusses the potential for procurement of food aid in local/regional markets to improve the effectiveness of response to food emergency victims. The paper examines the relevance of local/regional procurement (LRP) to donors and the rationale for using it, reviews LRP’s efficiency relative to in-kind food aid and to local prices in the markets in which it occurs (focusing on Africa), proposes a classification of risks involved in LRP, discusses a range of potential LRP modalities, and closes by proposing a framework of guiding principles, information systems, and operational procedures for responsible and effective LRP.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 87
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54562

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