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P4P AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA In El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the private sector plays an important role in P4P, mainly , (for example, GRAFESA and SYNGENTA in Guatemala, CADELGA and FERTICA in Honduras, DISAGRO and FERTICA in El Salvador); Capacity building on business skills development (for example, through the partnership with the El Salvador Chamber of Commerce through UNDP’s “Supplier Development Programme”); Capacity building on quality control (for example, CENPOSCO in El Salvador). Linking P4P Farmers’ Organizations to local maize industries A salient feature of P4P in the region is its efforts to link P4P participating FOs to existing maize industry stakeholders and local processors: In Guatemala, P4P supported FOs sell their maize grain to Vitacereal, a local CSB processor. In El Salvador and Honduras, P4P organized meetings and round tables between P4P FOs and maize industry representatives and large buyers (IMASA and MASECA in Honduras; Walmart, OMOA and Industrias Dianas in El Salvador). As a result, some private sector maize buyers are now procuring maize from P4P FOs. ISSUE 7 PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS JANUARY UPDATE ISSUE 28 JANUARY 2011 P4P Pilot Countries AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH WFP Afghanistan contracted 4,285 metric tons (mt) of wheat from four Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) through the direct contracting modality in December 2010, the first direct purchase from a Farmers’ Organization. Prior to this, WFP Afghanistan had successfully contracted 100mt of High Energy Biscuits (HEB) from two local factories in Herat [see page 2]. By the end of 2010, a total of 150,000mt of food had been contracted by WFP in 20 pilot countries, through different P4P procurement modalities including soft/adjusted tenders, direct and forward contracts, and purchases from Commodity Exchanges and Warehouse Receipt systems. An analysis of the reasons behind the overall 14 percent default rate will follow in the next issue. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has been contracted by the Office of Evaluation to undertake an independent mid-term evaluation of the P4P pilot programme during the first half of 2011. The ODI team was in Rome for an inception briefing on 25-28 January and met with the Executive Director, the Steering Committee, P4P Coordination Unit staff, the Policy, Programme, Logistics, Procurement, Legal and Finance divisions, as well as with partners from FAO and IFAD. Field visits will start in March in Uganda followed by El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, Liberia, Mali and Zambia in April. A de-briefing on key findings will be held in mid-May and the evaluation report will be presented at the WFP’s Executive Board in November 2011. CENTRAL AMERICA ASIA IMPLEMENTATION STATUS 21 P4P Pilots : 19 Approved Country Implementation Plans (CIP): Afghanistan, DRC, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Hon- duras, Guatemala, Kenya, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Ghana : CIP under approval. Laos: CIP under develop- ment (still unfunded). P4P Assessments: all 21 Assessments finalized. El Salvador grain sorting and cleaning machine

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P4P AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA In El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the private sector plays an important role in P4P, mainly through:

• Agricultural inputs provision, (for example, GRAFESA and SYNGENTA in Guatemala, CADELGA and FERTICA in Honduras, DISAGRO and FERTICA in El Salvador);

• Capacity building on business skills development (for example, through the partnership with the El Salvador Chamber of Commerce through UNDP’s “Supplier Development Programme”);

• Capacity building on quality control (for example, CENPOSCO in El Salvador).

Linking P4P Farmers’ Organizations to local maize industries A salient feature of P4P in the region is its efforts to link P4P participating FOs to existing maize industry stakeholders and local processors:

• In Guatemala, P4P supported FOs sell their maize grain to Vitacereal, a local CSB processor.

• In El Salvador and Honduras, P4P organized meetings and round tables between P4P FOs and maize industry representatives and large buyers (IMASA and MASECA in Honduras; Walmart, OMOA and Industrias Dianas in El Salvador). As a result, some private sector maize buyers are now procuring maize from P4P FOs.

ISSUE 7

PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS

JANUARY UPDATE

ISSUE 28

JANUARY 2011

P4P Pilot Countries

AFRICA

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

• WFP Afghanistan contracted 4,285 metric tons (mt) of wheat from four Farmers’

Organizations (FOs) through the direct contracting modality in December 2010, the

first direct purchase from a Farmers’ Organization. Prior to this, WFP Afghanistan had

successfully contracted 100mt of High Energy Biscuits (HEB) from two local

factories in Herat [see page 2].

• By the end of 2010, a total of 150,000mt of food had been contracted by WFP in 20

pilot countries, through different P4P procurement modalities including soft/adjusted

tenders, direct and forward contracts, and purchases from Commodity Exchanges and

Warehouse Receipt systems. An analysis of the reasons behind the overall 14 percent

default rate will follow in the next issue.

• The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has been contracted by the Office of

Evaluation to undertake an independent mid-term evaluation of the P4P pilot

programme during the first half of 2011. The ODI team was in Rome for an inception

briefing on 25-28 January and met with the Executive Director, the Steering

Committee, P4P Coordination Unit staff, the Policy, Programme, Logistics,

Procurement, Legal and Finance divisions, as well as with partners from FAO and IFAD.

Field visits will start in March in Uganda followed by El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya,

Liberia, Mali and Zambia in April. A de-briefing on key findings will be held in mid-May

and the evaluation report will be presented at the WFP’s Executive Board in November

2011.

CENTRAL AMERICA

ASIA

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

21 P4P Pilots:

• 19 Approved Country Implementation Plans (CIP): Afghanistan, DRC, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Hon-duras, Guatemala, Kenya, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

• Ghana : C I P u n de r approval.

• Laos: CIP under develop-ment (still unfunded).

• P4P Assessments: all 21 Assessments finalized.

El Salvador grain sorting and cleaning machine

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How WFP is linking P4P farmers with the commercial sector in El Salvador and Honduras

El Salvador

In an effort to link P4P farmers to new market opportunities, P4P FOs were invited to participate in the “Maize Agreement”, a process facilitated by the government of El Salvador which brings together representatives of the industrial

processors and maize suppliers. The Agreement establishes a reference price for maize, and gives access to maize suppliers to sell through the El Salvador Exchange throughout the year. In addition, industries signatory to the maize agreement are entitled to import exempt of tax an amount of maize proportional to the amount bought from Salvadorian producers. The maize agreement was established to encourage industries to buy maize from local producers. Traditionally, however, smallholder farmers are not part of the negotiations as they are not considered potential suppliers. The FOs invited eventually decided not to sign the agreement because the price defined was too low. However, as industrial processors were still interested in purchasing maize from the FOs outside of the Agreement, a business round was organized by WFP to introduce representatives of 12 P4P FOs to potential buyers, including BOLPROES (the commodities exchange in El Salvador), and Industrias Diana (a snack manufacturing company). Two other rounds of meetings were organized by WFP in November between representatives of three large companies (Walmart, OMOA and Industrias Diana) and 10 representatives of producer organizations. These buyers are interested in the local provision of beans and discussions are on-going.

Honduras

WFP organized a meeting between IMASA and MASECA, the country’s largest millers of maize flour and CSB, and the P4P FO leadership. Following this meeting, MASECA agreed to buy a total of 3,000mt of maize from the FOs immediately.

AFGHANISTAN LOCAL WHEAT PURCHASES WFP Afghanistan contracted locally 4,285mt of wheat from four FOs in Takhar, Kunduz and Faryab provinces for the first time in December 2010. All of it has been delivered successfully to WFP warehouses in Faizabad, Maimana and Mazar. This is the first ever direct purchase from a grassroot level Farmers’ Organizations (FO) in Afghanistan. A new purchase of 417mt is in the pipeline from a new FO. This is a major achievement in the Afghanistan context, for several reasons:

• The challenging operating environment: local food procurement from FOs is extremely complicated in a country like Afghanistan where access to the field is almost impossible, and FOs’ knowledge of procurement procedures in the formal market is limited.

• Afghan wheat struggles to be competitive with respect to Pakistani and Kazak wheat, where Government interventions keep prices artificially low. Nevertheless, when a food deficit remote area is situated nearby a surplus area, local purchase can still be cost effective thanks to transport costs savings. This is the case of the remote Badakhshan province, for which importing the wheat from Pakistan or Kazakstan is expensive, while the neighbouring province of Takhar has significant surpluses.

Prior to this, WFP Afghanistan had successfully contracted 100mt of High Energy Biscuits (HEB) from two local factories in Herat. After several exchanges between the factories and the P4P team on the optimization of the production and the improvement of the practises, the production started in October. The Quantity & Quality Survey analysis was good, technical recommendations had been followed, and hygiene was satisfactory. As a result of this initial success, WFP Afghanistan is planning to issue larger tenders (1,000 MT) during the first quarter of 2011.

RWANDA– P4P Cooperative hires quality con-troller and organizes payment of members’ health insurance The old proverb ‘money is the biggest motivator’ has once again proven true said Crigent Biziyaremye, President of Cooperative COACMU, in Kirehe istrict. The Cooperative started 3 years ago, but due to the absence of a reliable market, no other services were provided other than mere registration. “At that time, it did not look like we could aggregate commodities, but since WFP started contracting, we have not only managed to aggregate, but we have organized ourselves to construct a warehouse with an office for the Cooperative”, says the proud cooperative president. The Cooperative signed a contract with WFP for the first time in April 2010, and has so far successfully completed two contracts, of 374mt of maize and 100mt of beans. The cooperative was among the first to hire a person specifically to oversee adherence to new (WFP) quality demands. To attract the best candidate for the post, the cooperative offered to pay a salary equivalent to that of a teacher. Teachers are highly respected in villages and this move suggested the importance the cooperative attributes to commodity quality. Besides aggregation and marketing of members’ produce, the cooperative also pays for health insurance on behalf of the members. ”We have to ensure that our members’ health is taken care of so we can continue with productive activities” the president says. Upon consultations, the cooperative agreed to pay for the insurance by deducting the amount from individual members’ contract payments. The administrative work is rendered free for all cooperative members.

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Abelardo Viana, IICA’s coordinator of the partnership with WFP in Guatemala shares his views on P4P:

Why did IICA decide to partner with WFP on P4P?

IICA and WFP have the same goals, to increase food security by connecting farmers to

markets and promoting business practices and competitiveness. The production of basic

grains has the potential to be a business – an agro-business. It is not easy, but maize on scale

can be profitable, while beans definitely are profitable and critical for food security.

What’s the relevance of P4P for IICA?

P4P gives IICA the opportunity to strengthen its field presence and to become more directly

involved in food security. IICA has been focusing on policies but it is also important to work

closely with the producers, to see what their limitations are and help them find solutions.

This project will strengthen the farmers’ organizations; it makes farmers aware of the

importance of working together and learning to manage their activities.

They learn about group marketing which for them is a novelty. Equally relevant are the efforts to promote the involvement

of women. P4P has an integrated approach looking at the entire value chain from production, all the way to the consumer

looking at the quality of the product that is being delivered.

What do you think are indeed the main challenges and risks of P4P?

Sustainability is really the main challenge, to make sure that people will continue to apply the good practices that they have

acquired during the project; sustainability of commercialization through group marketing. I see Gender as another

challenge. The main risks are related to climate change. Also some organizations might decided to abandon the production

of basic grains and start producing high value crops disregarding what is fundamental to food security. There is another

risk, which is that farmers establish organizations only with the aim of getting land and assistance, and once they get what

they want, they will ignore the goals of the project.

In your view what are the benefits for farmers?

P4P offers many opportunities to farmers: better prices, expanding their marketing possibilities, producing more and

improving their quality. By establishing a seed capital, organizations can start negotiating better prices. This also gives

opportunities to involve young people – it is critical to have young people.

Abelardo Viana, IICA Coordinator in Guatemala

WFP – IICA COOPERATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA

From the design of the P4P Regional Programme to the day-to-day interaction with farmers, the Inter-American Institute for

Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA, has been a strategic partner in Central America. IICA participated in the first regional

assessment in 2009 to develop a proposal for P4P in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Two years later, IICA

remains an active partner in three of these countries.

In Nicaragua, IICA experts conducted a study on the production costs of maize by FOs and provided technical support in

developing processing units for cleaning, drying and sorting the grain that serves as a model for the type of improvements

required to strengthen the maize production chain.

In Honduras, IICA has been involved in gathering and systematizing the lessons learned regarding improvements in

pre-production, production and post-production.

It is however in Guatemala where WFP and IICA collaboration is the strongest. IICA is WFP’s main technical partner on

the south coast region of Guatemala, where three IICA specialists provide support to 33 FOs representing over 44,000

farmers. Their work focuses mainly on production and post-production activities with special emphasis on beans– an area

where IICA has strong expertise.

“Farmers have been able to double the production of beans from 15 quintals per manzana to 30 quintals. This was mainly thanks to

the technical expertise and good agricultural production practices promoted by the IICA specialists,” said Sheryl Schneider, P4P

Country Coordinator in Guatemala. IICA has also been instrumental in establishing a network of young farmers and

promoting training courses for young leaders in agriculture. The cooperation between the IICA and WFP in Guatemala is

based on a cost sharing arrangement as defined by a country level agreement signed following the WFP/IICA regional

Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2009.

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P4P PURCHASING THROUGH NATIONAL FOOD RESERVE AGENCIES IN AFRICA

• Tanzania: during the last P4P Steering Committee Meeting in early January 2011, WFP requested the Ministry of

Agriculture’s support to access maize stocks from the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to overcome

pipeline problems following delays in deliveries from P4P targeted Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs). Kibaigwa

SACCO in particular had only delivered 468mt of maize out of the 1,553mt contracted, and because commodities were

urgently required for the refugee operation in Kasulu district, the contract with Kibaigwa could not be extended. As a

result, on 18 January, WFP purchased 1,000mt of maize from the NFRA, and deliveries to the refugee operation started

immediately thereafter. WFP intends to formalize an agreement through which WFP can access NFRA maize stocks as a

risk management mechanism to protect its pipeline against a SACCO’s default, while continuing to build capacity of

smallholder farmers.

• Zambia: through policy dialogue, WFP convinced the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to sell some of its surplus maize

through the Zambian Commodity Exchange (ZAMACE). During 2010, the FRA in Zambia had purchased and

accumulated large amounts of surplus maize from the bumper harvest, and was having difficulties in finding a market for

its stocks. WFP purchased maize twice from the FRA through the ZAMACE platform (almost 3,000mt and 1,410mt, for

WFP operations in Zimbabwe). The FRA also sold to other buyers through the ZAMACE.

KENYA THEMATIC CASE STUDY : factors affecting farmers’ contributions to WFP contracts

P4P Kenya carried out a thematic case study to gain an in-depth understanding of the factors affecting farmers’ contributions

to P4P stocks. Fourteen FOs and one small scale trader were interviewed in Transmara, Uasin Gishu and Trans-Nzoia

districts. These case studies were prompted by an analysis of data, which showed that on average only 45% of the total

membership contributed to WFP consignments, and that the level of contributions per farmer was on average 2.5mt (ranging

from 0.5mt to 30mt).

Preliminary results show that the reasons for the low proportion of FO members contributing to P4P stocks include:

• Late signature of contracts - by the time the FOs signed contracts with WFP, some members had already harvested

and sold to other buyers for immediate cash needs.

• Lack of familiarity with WFP – some of the members took a ‘wait and see attitude’ because WFP was new to them,

and preferred to sell at farm-gate.

• Delayed uplifts – some farmers withdrew their stocks and sold to other buyers when WFP delayed collecting

commodities they had bulked.

• Record keeping – in some cases, contributions by many farmers without bank accounts were recorded under one

farmer’s name, holding a bank account.

• Elite capture –around some collection points, wealthy farmers or small traders are buying from small-scale farmers at

farm gate price in order to contribute to the WFP stock for a higher margin benefit. This may well explain the relatively

large volumes recorded per farmer.

The main reason for greater than 100% members contributing to stocks is that other FOs (not participating in P4P) and

farmers not belonging to any FO sold their stocks through WFP contracted FOs. These findings will be discussed with the

Ministry of Agriculture, partners and participating FOs, in order to find ways of ensuring more farmers contribute stocks to

the FO for marketing to WFP and other buyers.

The Romosha store, Transmara district Twenty km from Kilgoris town, Transmara district, is the Romosha store where two FOs – Romosha and Naretesho Farmers Associations- bulk for sale to WFP. During WFP staff visits to the store, long lists of contributions ranging from 1 to 200 kg were showed to WFP staff. However, during uplift, the final list of contributing farmers to the stock showed only thirteen names contributing 56mt. Discussions with some of the group members revealed that the store owner, who is also the chair of the group, has cash and paid farmers the agreed market price on delivery of maize to the store

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RESOURCING UPDATE The Howard G. Buffett Foundation (HGBF), a key donor to P4P in Central America and African post-conflict countries, has increased its contribution to P4P as follows:

• US$ 1.2 million to construct warehouse infrastructure in South Sudan, for the purpose of collecting, shelling, cleaning, drying, sorting and storing grain. This will:

1. reduce post-harvest losses; 2. provide a source of grain that meets

WFP quality requirements in-country; 3. increase the shelf life of the grain until

WFP or another buyer is ready to purchase.

• Sponsor a pricing study in Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Sudan, conducted by the Borlaug Institute at Texas A & M University, to:

1. identify and measure average costs of production and delivery of staple food crops to market centres for purchase by WFP or other buyers.

2. compare local costs of production with local market prices and with import parity of commodities of similar quality.

3. Identify alternative policies that would enable local procurement in such contexts, quantifying impacts on the local and regional economies.

HOWARD BUFFETT VISIT TO CENTRAL AMERICA “P4P is one of the best projects our Foundation is funding,” said Howard G Buffett, WFP Ambassador Against Hunger and one of the main donors to P4P in Central America, after a three day visit to the programme in Nicaragua and Guatemala in January 2011. Buffett, whose Foundation has committed more than US$19 million to P4P in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, spent his three-day visit discussing the challenges of agriculture production and market activities with farmers, and how P4P has benefited them. During his trip he visited three organizations in the municipalities of Jalapa and El Jicaro in northern Nicaragua and another four organizations on the south coast of Guatemala. Learning about grain quality, being paid a better price and realizing better yields were some of the benefits highlighted by the farmers. Women farmers in Guatemala also explained how, through P4P, they had learned to grow beans, a crop they were not used to grow and which was granting them an additional source of income. Access to credit, revolving funds established during the projects and the benefits of group marketing were other themes that emerged during the discussions. Buffett, a strong believer in no-till farming, took the opportunity to discuss extensively the benefits and the reasons why some farmers continue to resist and do not adopt this practice. At Nueva Concepcion Farmers’ Organization - one of the more successful organizations in supplying grain to WFP - Buffett heard how recent floods had destroyed the crops of all their members leaving them without any surplus to sell to WFP. This was a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities and the impact of harsh climatic conditions on smallholder farmers.

Highlights from Ambassador Cousin trip to Kenya and Uganda in December 2010 Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and Special Advisor Mr. Franklin Moore shared their impressions on their December 2010 trip to Kenya and Uganda with WFP senior managers on 20 January. Prior to her visit, Ambassador Cousin admitted having some concerns that P4P went beyond WFP’s core mission, possibly compromising its provision of humanitarian assistance. Following her visit however, she views P4P as a catalyst that can bring together all the actors working along the value chain. The main elements that contributed to her change of perceptions were:

• Country ownership: the Ministries of Agriculture, Farmers’ Organizations, banks, transporters are involved throughout the entire process, and the Kenya and Uganda governments and their constituents are seen as leading P4P.

• Partnership: P4P is well linked to Kenya and Uganda’s larger, long-term food security and economic development plans. The different partners have identified and adhered to their envisaged roles as much as possible.

• Limited Roles and Responsibilities: WFP did not try to do more than it is capable of. While WFP is was primarily responsible for purchasing commodities from small-scale farmers or rehabilitating and managing warehouses in Uganda, it relies on partners to perform other activities along the value chain.

• Sustainability and tangible results: as the US Government moves forward with Feed the Future and similar initiatives, the Government will increasingly focus on supporting programmes and activities that are perceived as sustainable and yielding tangible results.

CALENDAR

• 10-12 February: IFPRI conference “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health”, New Delhi, India. P4P Coordinator will be a speaker and discussant in the session titled “Enhancing Nutrition Along the Value Chain” on February 11. More on http://2020conference.ifpri.info

• 14-18 February: WFP Executive Board, Rome.

• 22-24 February: Burkina Faso 2011 Activities Planning Workshop, Tenkodoko or Leo, Burkina Faso.

• 23-24 February: Tanzania P4P Annual Review, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

• 15-17 March: ACTESA Partners’ meeting, Lusaka, Zambia.

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WFP P4P POLICY ADVISOR SECONDED TO ACTESA Simon Dradri, a Ugandan national with strong academic background in agricultural economics and research, joined the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) in November 2010, seconded by WFP thanks to funding from USAID. Simon joined WFP in 2005 as the Regional Food Market Specialist for the Southern Africa Bureau. Prior to this, Simon had worked for various organizations including SC-UK, DFID and FAO. “I serve as Senior Policy Advisor in the office of the Chief Executive Officer. My role is to provide advice on markets and trade policies pertinent to ACTESA’s key objective of improving competitiveness and integration of staple foods markets in the region. I ensure that key issues, lessons and challenges emerging from P4P implementation are communicated to ACTESA and reflected in the latter’s pro-gramme; and that P4P is updated and aware of issues in ACTESA. WFP, through P4P, was at the forefront of the establishment of ACTESA, and Simon served in the design team in 2008 while posted in WFP’s Southern Africa Regional Bureau. “One of the main benefits P4P is expecting to get from ACTESA is the presentation (and possible resolution) of policy challenges P4P faces in regional forums. This includes, among others, governments’ setting high floor prices that not only make it difficult to purchase from small scale farmers, but undermines the long-term sustainability of gains from P4P. ACTESA promotes the development of market facilities (e.g. warehouse receipt systems) and services (e.g. commodities exchange) which directly support P4P; and ACTESA stands to benefit from WFP market demand that serves as critical stimulus for these initiatives”. ACTESA CEO, Chris Muyunda, participated at P4P’s Second Annual Review meeting in Maputo in December, and noted that ACTESA must make progress in addressing some of the policy constraints that affect P4P implementation, pointing in particular to price setting through government interventions in staples food markets, and standardization of quality standards. Find out more about ACTESA at http://www.actesacomesa.org.

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P4P Country Coordinators/Focal Points

Asia Afghanistan: Stephane Meaux <[email protected]> Laos: Sengpaseuth <[email protected]> Regional Bureau Focal Point: Francois Buratto <[email protected]>

Eastern, Southern & Central Africa Democratic Republic of Congo: Melanie Jacq <[email protected]> Ethiopia: Enrico Pausilli <[email protected]> Kenya: Martin Kabaluapa <[email protected]> Malawi: Tobias Flaemig <[email protected]> Mozambique: Billy Mwiinga <[email protected]> Rwanda: Emmanuela Mashayo <[email protected]> Sudan: Marc Sauveur <[email protected]> Tanzania: Dominique Leclercq <[email protected]> Uganda: Elvis Odeke <[email protected]> Zambia: Felix Edwards <[email protected]> Regional Bureau Focal Point: Simon Denhere <[email protected]> WFP’s secondee to ACTESA: Simon Dradri <[email protected]>

West Africa Burkina Faso: Veronique Sainte-Luce <[email protected]> Ghana: Hassan Abdelrazig <[email protected]> Liberia: Lansana Wonneh <[email protected]> Mali: Isabelle Mballa <[email protected]> Sierra Leone: Ryan Anderson <[email protected]> Regional Bureau Focal Point: Jean-Martin Bauer <[email protected]>

Latin American & Caribbean El Salvador: Hebert Lopez <[email protected]> Guatemala: Sheryl Schneider <[email protected]> Honduras: Luis Ortega <[email protected]> Nicaragua: Francisco Alvarado <[email protected]> Regional Bureau Focal Point: Laura Melo <[email protected]>

KEY P4P CONTACTS IN ROME P4P COORDINATION UNIT

• Ken Davies, P4P Coordinator: [email protected]

• Sarah Longford, Snr Programme Adviser, Partnerships: [email protected]

• Mary-Ellen McGroarty, Snr Programme Adviser for Ethiopia, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda & Zambia: [email protected]

• Jorge Fanlo, Snr Programme Adviser for Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, DRC, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone & Sudan: [email protected]

• Clare Mbizule: Snr Programme Adviser, M&E: [email protected]

• Elaine Reinke, M&E Officer : [email protected]

• Alessia De Caterina, Reports Officer: [email protected]

• Blake Audsley, Market Analyst: [email protected]

• Tobias Bauer, Communications Officer: [email protected]

• Helen Kamau-Waweru, Finance Officer: [email protected]

• Ester Rapuano, Snr Finance Assistant.: [email protected]

• Amanda Crossland, Snr Staff Assistant to P4P Coordinator: [email protected]

• Kathryn Bell, Admin. Assistant: [email protected]

• Alessia Rossi, Staff Assistant: [email protected] PROCUREMENT DIVISION

• Bertrand Salvignol: Food Technologist: [email protected]

• Van Hoan Nguyen: Food Technologist: [email protected]

• Jeffrey Marzilli: P4P liaison: [email protected]

• Laila Ahadi: Procurement Officer: [email protected]

The update is published by the P4P Coordination Unit in Rome, Italy. Contact us at [email protected] External: www.wfp.org/p4p Internal: http://go.wfp.org/web/purchaseforprogress