In 2009, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) launched the Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative, a pilot program designed to boost agricultural development and markets in developing countries by purchasing food from smallholder and low-income farmers. The five-year pilot program will be implemented in 21 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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photo: A woman in Sierra Leone displays her produce. (WFP/Antti Mantymaa)
