Perspectives on P4P: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Alesha Black, Program Officer Bill & Melinda...

Perspectives on P4P:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Alesha Black, Program OfficerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation

January, 2013


History & Engagemento Started with a home grown school feeding grant,

then planning grant for P4P in 2007

o Deep engagement on design of P4P, review of country plans, and the M&E strategy in early years

o P4P is among the largest grants we’ve made in Agricultural Development and is a ‘flagship’ grant in staple grain markets

o P4P’s experience has been central to explaining the challenges facing smallholder farmers externally


Strategy Fit Our strategy goal has transitioned over the 5 years

of collaboration with P4P, but ‘FIT’ has remained clear

P4P has served as an organizing effort that has aligned many other investments, ours and that of many others

P4P is part of a portfolio of investments in ‘Structured Demand’ and part of a longer transition strategy toward effective public procurement as a lever for agricultural development


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Successes & Challenges


Successes in the 'How'

Taking the ‘Learning & Sharing’ pillar seriously

Data Housing & Analysis: Building Capacity and Engagement in Africa

WFP has embarked on an operational change process that has required commitment & patience

Promoting vibrant discussion on the role of procurement in markets and agricultural development


Successes in the 'What' Purchasing + Capacity Building: A Unique Offering Demonstrating smallholder capacity to improve

Quality Awareness around food safety issues: aflatoxin Partnering across sectors and to contribute to

market structures and open up new opportunity in staple grains

Farmer returns exceed $100M with an even bigger procurement year planned for 2013

Governments have begun to leverage their own purchasing power


Challenges Lack of supply-side partners Policy changes have hindered planning/purchases Dips in WFP country funding prevented larger

volumes from being purchased in some countries Banks have remained highly risk averse, creating

problems across the value chain Market structures are taking longer to evolve Early reticence to use forward contracts means we

haven’t learned the full utility of this modality MLE has been complex and results may not be as

conclusive as hoped


Looking Forward


Possible Features of a Post-Pilot P4P Enhanced Rome-based Agency collaboration Continued use of Market Player/Capacity Building

combination Capitalizing on the P4P ‘organizing’ effect Focus on deepening successful supply-side and

financing support solutions & partnerships up front Thinking of three main categories of P4P

contribution from a conceptual standpoint:− Food Supply: Being and attracting market pull− Food Safety: Incentive & ‘Check’ on the system− Food Price: Risk, Opportunity or Both?

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