Subject: Rescheduled! VIP Briefing - WFP's Coordinator - Purchase for Progress (2/25)
From: "Margot Hoerrner" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:36 -0500

Dear All,
We have rescheduled our WFP: Behind the Scenes call with Ken Davies, the Global Coordinator for WFP’s Purchase for Progress program, for this Thursday at 1pm.
I hope you’re able to join us.
Margot

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 WFP: Behind the Scenes
An Educational Conference Call Series
VIP Briefings with WFP Leaders from Around the World

Please join us on February 25:
(Rescheduled!)
Purchase for Progress: Supporting Small Farmers Worldwide*

A Conversation with Ken Davies
Global Coordinator for WFP's Purchase for Progress Program

Call Details
When: Thursday, February 25
            1:00 – 1:45pm (EST)
How:   Dial (888) 537-7715
             Passcode  702 307 69#

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Ken Davies, Global Coordinator for WFP's Purchase for Progress Program

Background Information:

Learn more about
Purchase for Progress<http://www.wfp.org/purchase-progress>

For several years, WFP has practiced a policy whereby they support local farmers by purchasing local food in the countries of operation. This is called “local procurement.” In 2008. WFP addressed the hunger needs of 102 million people in 73 developing countries, using $1.1 billion worth of local food.

The Purchase for Progress program (P4P) builds on local procurement and takes it a step further. It enables smallholder and low-income farmers to supply food to WFP’s global operations and to gain more by doing so. P4P provides farmers with the know-how and tools to be competitive players in the agricultural marketplace. It will also put more cash directly into their pockets in return for their crops.

Ken Davies has served as the Global Coordinator of Purchase for Progress program since July, 2009. Ken joined WFP in 1989 and has served in India (1989-93), Swaziland (1993-96), Cambodia (1996-2000), Uganda (2000-06) and Mozambique (2006-09). Prior to joining WFP, Ken worked for the Band Aid/Live Aid Trust as Representative for Sudan, Eritrea and Tigray, based in Khartoum; Save the Children Federation (USA) in western Sudan and in the USA; New York City Government as Director of municipal community development open space programs; Cornell University Cooperative Extension; and as a self-employed farmer in Canada. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Cornell University, and a mid-career Master of Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Note: This is an international conference call. Please call in on time.
         If you’re unable to participate, feel free to listen to the podcast!*

* This presentation will be recorded and made available on our website as a podcast.

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