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Fostering food purchase programmes in widespread poverty contexts

Year of publication 2017

Pages 26 p.

Author Nutrition and Food Systems Division

Publisher FAO/UNDP ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109802-8

Series title Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper presents the programming approach adopted in Niger to implement food purchases for food assistance and provide procurement preferential treatment for small-scale family farming food outputs. The study provides a detailed description of the selection of farmers and discusses the main constrains faced in a pilot scale and introduces an analysis of challenges and opportunities of the approach for broader Governmental initiatives of food procurement.

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