OXFAM RESEARCH REPORTS JANUARY 2013
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FIRST LINE OFDEFENCE
 Assessing the potential of local food reserves inthe Sahel
GABRIEL PONS CORTÈSITZIAR GÓMEZ CARRASCO
Despite existing literature on the different modalities of food reserves, there is adearth of specific analysis focusing on the potential of the first line of defenceagainst food insecurity. The aim of the present study is to address this gap byanalysing recent experiences, reviewing the factors that can determine orcondition their failure or success, and assessing innovative instruments (suchas linking local reserves to national food reserves, index insurance andstabilization funds) that could also contribute to their improvement.
 
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First Line of Defence: Assessing the potential of local food reserves in the Sahel
 
CONTENTS
Executive Summary 4
 
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Introduction 5
 
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Background 7
 
Building resilience 7Good food security governance and the right to food 8
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Understanding the problem to be addressed at the local level 9
 
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Defining existing types of Local Food Reserves 11
 
Local food reserves: key features and objectives 12Local food security reserves 13Commercial Local Food Reserves 14
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How can local food reserves contribute to food security? 17
 
By mitigating the effects of price spikes 17By strengthening broader food security strategies 17By carrying out social protection initiatives 18By increasing the income of small producers 19By protecting livelihoods and assets 19By helping to overcome remoteness and isolation 20By empowering populations 21
By promoting women‟s participation and empowerment
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Understanding the fragility of LFR 23
 
Vulnerability to price risk 23Vulnerability to climate 25Promotion, planning and design 26Management problems
 
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Defining an enabling environment for local stocks to flourish 30
 
What are LFR useful for? 30How to promote, plan and design local food reserves? 30Should the existing LFR be supported? 31What the State should do to support LFR 32What LFR should do by themselves: create federations 37
It‟s about building the capacity of institutions
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Conclusions and recommendations 40
 
What governments should do 40What producer organisations should do 42BibliiographyNotes 43
Acknowledgements47
 
 
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 ACRONYMS
 AAAE
 Association Aidons l‟Afrique Ensemble
 CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement CentreECOWAS Economic Community of West African StatesFEPAB Fédération des Professionnels Agricoles du Burkina FasoFSR Food security reservesHARITA Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for AdaptationLFR Local food reservesSDC Swiss Agency for Development and CooperationWFP World Food ProgrammeWRS Warehouse Receipt Systems
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