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Market Mechanisms to Improve Food Security: Zimbabwe November 12, 2012 by Bronwyn Irwin

Market Mechanisms to Improve Food Security: Zimbabwe November 12, 2012 by Bronwyn Irwin. Outline. Big Picture – markets approach with vulnerable populations Example – Market Mechanisms to Achieve Food Security in Zimbabwe. Using a Market Approach with Vulnerable Populations.

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Market Mechanisms to Improve Food Security: Zimbabwe November 12, 2012 by Bronwyn Irwin

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  1. Market Mechanisms to Improve Food Security: Zimbabwe November 12, 2012 by Bronwyn Irwin

  2. Outline • Big Picture – markets approach with vulnerable populations • Example – Market Mechanisms to Achieve Food Security in Zimbabwe

  3. Using a Market Approach with Vulnerable Populations Reaching Vulnerable Populations with Market Based Approaches

  4. Key Challenges • Geographic Targeting • Value Chain Selection • Beneficiary Targeting • Competitiveness

  5. Food Price Impact • Vulnerable households are net food purchasers and many spend 60-80% of their income on food. • Food prices impact their purchasing power. • Vulnerable households liquidate productive assets to purchase food. • Vulnerable households are less likely to have the resources and are less willing to risk engagement in market-based activities.

  6. Indirect Impact through Food Prices • Improve farm-level productivity • Improve market linkages between surplus and deficit areas

  7. Zimbabwe Case Study • Strengthen the Capacity of Small Traders • Improve Household Purchasing Power • Strengthen Government Food Policies

  8. Value Chain Wiki

  9. Thanks! • Bronwyn Irwin • Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development • birwin@acdivoca.org

  10. Since 1963 and in 145 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people to succeed in the global economy.

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