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Purchase for Progress (P4P) Fourth Annual Consultation Report

In January 2013, 98 World Food Programme (WFP) staff and 99 partners from 25 countries gathered at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy...

P4P Gender

 P4P seeks to facilitate fair and full inclusion of male and female smallholder farmers participating in the initiative and foster equal opportunity to benefit from their participation. This...

The Year in Review, 2012

The year 2012 was dramatic for WFP and for the people we serve. Amidst floods, droughts and war, WFP and its partners distributed 3.5 million metric tons of food assistance to 97.2 million people in...

WFP in Africa - 2012 Facts and Figures and Partners

WFP assists African governments and communities to implement comprehensive, country-led, programmes to tackle hunger the world’s greatest solvable problem. In 2012, out of a total US$4.2...

P4P Annual Consultation - Executive Summary

The Fourth P4P Annual Consultation was held in Rome in late January, with almost 200 participants from 25 countries.

P4P Monthly Updates - 2013

Every month the P4P team produces a handy PDF outlining all the key developments in this innovative five-year pilot programme to connect smallholder farmers to markets.

Report from the 4th P4P Technical Review Panel

The Fourth Technical Review Panel meeting (TRP) meeting, bringing together nine experts on agricultural economics, market development and M&E who have served in an advisory capacity to WFP since...

WFP's Safety Nets Policy

The nature and volume of its activities demonstrate WFP’s leading role as a global practitioner in internationally defined safety nets.This paper updates WFP’s 2004 policy framework in...

Republic of Congo: An evaluation of WFP's portfolio (2009–2012)

This country portfolio evaluation managed by the WFP Office of Evaluation covers the period 2009-12 and assessed: a) alignment and strategic positioning; b) drivers of strategic decisions; and c)...

Report from P4P Monitoring and Evaluation technical meeting 2011

In April 2011, WFP convened a two day meeting in Washington, D.C., USA to discuss various aspects of the local and regional procurement of food. The participants represented a range of stakeholders...