USAID Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP)

Program Overview and Progress to Date

John Brooks

EFSP Team Leader

Setting the Stage Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to

Congress Findings– Cash grants for LRP stretches the food aid dollar and

delivers aid faster

– Cost Savings: Between 2001-2008 LRP in sub-Saharan Africa cost 34 percent less than similar in-kind food aid

– More Timely: LRP delivered in 41 days vs. 147 days for in-kind food aid

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EFSP Purpose and Program Objectives

• To address the highest priority, immediate, emergency food assistance needs

• Used when:– Title II in-kind food aid cannot

arrive in a sufficiently timely manner;

– LRP, cash transfer or food vouchers are more appropriate due to market conditions; or

– Significantly more beneficiaries can be served

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Funding Level and Availability

• Authorization

• FY10 and FY11 Funding Levels

• Awards to Date by Modality

EFSP Funding by Modalities – FY10 & FY11 to Date

Local and RegionalProcurement

Cash Transfers Food Vouchers

$255 million

$44 million $40 million

EFSP at Work Around the World

Mozambique$ 6 million

Pakistan $ 182 million

Niger $ 26.8 million

Zimbabwe$ 5.7 million

Afghanistan $ 16 million

Kyrgyzstan $ 13.1 million

Burma $ 1.5 million

Indonesia $710,000

Yemen$1.5 million

Kenya $ 20 million

Sudan $ 2.3 million

Libya $ 5 million

Benin $ 4 millionLiberia

$ 1.7 million

Haiti $ 47 million

Nicaragua $ 500,000 Sri Lanka

$ 6.4 million

As of June 29, 2011

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Looking Ahead

• Data Collection – Program Reports

• Monitoring and Evaluation

• Learning from the Experts – Roundtable Reporting Note