Agricultural Value Chains: A Virtuous Cycle

Dave Evans, US PresidentFood for the Hungry

IFADC – 09 May 2012

2,580,272CHILDREN TREATED FOR

INTESTIANAL WORMS These children can now absorb

essential nutrients from food.Direct and indirect beneficiaries

275,689BENEFITED FROM

CLEAN WATERThese people have clean water for

better health and farming.

725,118GAINED BETTER ACCESS

TO ADEQUATE FOODChildren and parents are able to

access stable food supplies.

94,210CHILDREN AND YOUTH

RECEIVED AND EDUCATION

Children are developing skills to overcome poverty.

325,929BENEFITED FROM

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Latrines, irrigation, roads and wells are all helping communities

prosper. 139,367TRAINED IN HIV/AIDS

CARE AND PREVENTIONPeople living with HIV/AIDs found

support groups to stay healthy.

Value Chains – A Small Part of a Much Larger Picture:

Non-emergency food aid is critical for multi-year food security programming, which in turn is critical for developing agricultural value chains, which in turn leads to economic growth, asset accumulation, and increased food security, which in turn creates sustainable growth and resiliency, which ultimately reduces the need for emergency food aid.

Food for the Hungry Agricultural Value Chain Programming

• Bolivia: – USAID Title II and Title III – 1994 to 2008– USDA Food for Progress – 2007 to present

• Ethiopia:– USAID Title II – 2004 to present

• DR Congo:– USAID Title II – 2008 to present

• Mozambique:– USAID Title II and DA – 1998 to present

• Kenya:– OFDA (2008 Food Price Crisis Funding) - 2008 to

present

A Bolivian Story – Mariano Choque

Create and Strengthen Producer Associations: Onions, Corn, Amaranth,

Yogurt, Cheese, Butter, Red Pepper

Key FH Bolivia FFP Program Results

• Production Sold through contracts with Producer Associations: 1,863 Metric Tons

• Participant Annual Household Income:– Baseline = $868 Final = $2,847 (227% increase)

• Women Participants in Producer Associations:– Baseline = $11% Final = 72%

• Amount of Final Product Sold in Export Markets:– Baseline = 0% Final = 40%

New Market with Sustainable Food Security Impact on Children

• Title II final evaluation: reduction in chronic malnutrition among under 5s from 59% to 15% (2002 to 2008)

• 109 Metric Tons sold to Local Schools for School Breakfast Program

• Value of School Sales = $169,432• 11 Municipalities Participating• Connection to PCI’s FFE program

Annual Amount of Leveraged Funds (1 to 0.7)

Driving Change for an Entire Province

The dairy and corn api value chains introduced in the Tomoyo region have become the center of development of the whole province of Ravelo.

A number of neighboring municipalities have asked for assistance in replicating the program in their regions

Other Countries• Mozambique Title II Value Chain Sales: – Baseline (2009) = $0 2010 = $128,618

• Mozambique Village S&L Associations:– Baseline = 0 2011 = 149 (with 2,786 members)

• Amount Saved in Mozambique S&Ls:– Baseline = 0% 2011 = $198,404

• Ethiopia Title II Value of Assets per Household:– Baseline (2009) = 3,248 Birr 2011 = 4,118 Birr

(26% increase)

Value Chains – A Small Part of a Much Larger Picture:

Non-emergency food aid is critical for multi-year food security programming, which in turn is critical for developing agricultural value chains, which in turn leads to economic growth, asset accumulation, and increased food security, which in turn creates sustainable growth and resiliency, which ultimately reduces the need for emergency food aid.