Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement in Zambia
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By law, US food aid relies on commodity procurement in the US. A powerful political
coalition of US farm groups, shippers and relief agencies vigorously supports these in-kind
food aid donation.
As an alternative, local procurement of food aid, in Africa, has attracted growing interest
because of its potential to reduce landed costs and speed delivery times. For this reason,
many food aid donors, other than the US, have switched to local and regional procurement of
food aid commodities.
This paper reviews experience with local and regional food aid procurement in Zambia. The
study focuses primarily on experience of the World Food Programme (WFP), the agency with
the most extensive experience conducting local and regional procurement in Africa.
WFP’s experience suggests that local or regional procurement of food aid offers significant
savings, in both commodity costs and delivery times. On average, maize procured in Africa
costs 30% to 50% less than white maize imported from the US and arrives 1 to 2 months
faster than commodity imports from the US.