Blockchain at the World Food Programme

Robert Opp Director: Innovation and Change ManagementWorld Food Programme

@Robert_Opp

The challenge of global hunger

1990

1.0 bn

2000

926 m

2015

795 m

1990

1.0 bn

2000

926 m

2015

795 m

2017

815 m

Innovations to help fight hunger

AI & Robotics Agri-tech Digital Entrepreneurship

Mobile & appsolutions Blockchain

INNOVATION CHALLENGES

INNOVATION BOOTCAMPS

SPRINT PROGRAMME

ZERO HUNGER ACCELERATION FUND

3

5

4

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

2

1

WFP’s Innovation Accelerator

>USD1.4billion in 2017

Assistance delivered through cash-based transfers, which allows people to buy food at local markets:

Challenges

Costs

Risk

Privacy

Reconciliation

Speed

Building BlocksBuilding Blocks is a WFP led blockchainplatform based on the Ethereum protocol

Benefits

Efficient

Transparent

Secure

Confidential

10,000

100,000

500,000

January2017

May2017

December2017

Users

So far, we have transferred over

$9million through the Blockchain

May2018

Roadmap for 2018

• Integrate with WFP’s corporate systems

• Scale-up to all beneficiaries in Jordan

• Pilot mobile money and other delivery modalities

• Launch first inter-agency pilot

• Scale-up to four additional countries

World Food Programmewww.wfp.orgwww.innovation.wfp.org

@Robert_Opp@WFPInnovation