[FY 2019 USDA] Faso riibo – Burkina Faso local and regional food aid procurement project : baseline evaluation

This food aid project is focused on achieving the following objectives: increase the capacity of mayors’ offices, school communities, and producer groups to procure, market, deliver and store local, culturally acceptable food commodities to supplement school feeding programs in a timely and cost-effective manner through training, provision of guidance and materials, and the joint monitoring of food quality and management processes; strengthen market linkages through work with value chain actors all along the four selected commodity value chains; and improve smallholder famers’ access to school feeding purchasing markets by providing training in storage and delivery, and food quality and safety standards.