WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by country | Page 414

Standard Project Report 2016
Annual Food Distribution in Country (mt)
Project Type
Cereals
Single Country
PRRO
Total Food
Distributed in 2016
Oil
Pulses
Mix
Other
Total
27,313 1,674 3,556 3,924 295 36,762
27,313 1,674 3,556 3,924 295 36,762
Cash Based Transfer and Commodity Voucher Distribution (USD)
Project Type
Single Country PRRO
Total Distributed in 2016
Cash
Value Voucher
Commodity Voucher
8,271,385 - -
8,271,385 - -
Supply Chain
WFP aimed to increase value for money in its operations in Myanmar through increasing local and
smallholder-based procurement while maintaining and helping local suppliers meet WFP's rigorous quality
assurance and quality control standards, thereby enhancing local quality and marketing standards. Purchases of
rice, beans and iodised salt from smallholder farmers constituted over 10 percent of local procurement in 2016. Only
fortified commodities—blended food, cooking oil and high-energy biscuits—that were unavailable locally were
imported and transited through the port of Yangon before being dispatched for distribution.
To optimise supply costs and lead times while maintaining the agility to best respond to the volatile context
in-country, WFP used an integrated supply chain covering the entire process from fund receipt to the handover of
food to beneficiaries and cooperating partners. WFP's supply chain management were also substantially involved in
cash-based transfer interventions, particularly in inter-agency market assessments, contracting financial and mobile
money service providers, and providing expertise to support capacity development for regional logistics staff in cash
interventions.
As the global leader in humanitarian logistics, WFP supplied food to some of the most isolated and difficult to
access areas of the country where the lack of logistics infrastructure, security context and access restrictions
prevented the intervention of many other actors. When access was restricted, pipeline breaks occurred in the
northern part of Rakhine State and areas of Kachin beyond the Government's control, which disrupted assistance in
these areas. To support the development of the local economy, WFP worked with local transporters to use
multi-modal transport such as sea vessels, river barges, pirogues, railways, and road transport to supply food
commodities to people living in remote villages. Whenever partners could not overcome logistics challenges, WFP
engaged in service provision. In 2016, WFP provided transport, storage and procurement support to a number of
partners, including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
As Myanmar remained highly prone to natural disasters, particularly earthquakes, cyclones and floods, WFP
engaged in a number of emergency preparedness and response initiatives in terms of supply chain and logistics.
These included capacity development activities with Government at the central and state level and cooperating
partners, data collection and sharing on the cou