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Supporting Food Production and Food Access through Local Public Procurement Schemes: Lessons from Brazil
by Darana Souza and Danuta
Chmielewska, International Policy Centre for Inclusive
Growth
Approaches that
combine giving vulnerable segments of the population access to food
with support to smallholder farmers for food production can offer significant
benefits in tackling poverty and hunger. Public procurement can play an
important role in these approaches, ensuring supplies for food aid schemes and
market opportunities for farmers who otherwise would face great difficulties in
establishing advantageous commercial relations. The benefits of such approaches
can be very substantial when procurement strategies are implemented in line with
local food production and consumption patterns.
Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager110.pdf
Posted at 12:00AM Jun 01, 2010 by IPC in Rural and Sustainable Development | Comments[0]