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===Smallholder farmers===
WFP is a member of a global consortium that forms the {{visible anchor|Farm to Market Alliance}}, which helps smallholder farmers receive information, investment and support, so they can produce and sell marketable surplus and increase their income.<ref>{{cite web |title=Changing lives for smallholder farmers |url=https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000110345/download/ |publisher=World Food Programme |access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Farm to Market Alliance secures additional public funding from Norway |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/world-food-day-wfp-urges-further-strengthening-food-systems |access-date=11 January 2021 |publisher=World Food Programme |date=28 December 2020}}</ref> WFP connects smallholder farmers to markets in more than 40 countries.

In 2008, WFP coordinated the five-year Purchase for Progress (P4P) pilot project. P4P assists [[smallholding]] farmers by offering them opportunities to access agricultural markets and become competitive players in the marketplace. The project spanned across 20 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and trained 800,000 farmers in improved agricultural production, post-harvest handling, quality assurance, group marketing, agricultural finance, and contracting with WFP. The project resulted in 366,000 metric tons of food produced and generated more than US$148&nbsp;million in income for its smallholder farmers.<ref>[http://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/P4P%20-%20Reflections%20on%20the%20pilot%2C%20February%202015.pdf Purchase for Progress: Reflections on the pilot, February 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311083131/http://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/P4P%20-%20Reflections%20on%20the%20pilot,%20February%202015.pdf |date=11 March 2016 }}. WFP.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.</ref>