Table 38.

Cost estimate (in US$) for ‘typical’ full GFD ration and ‘revised’ full GFD ration (excluding sugar and salt)

‘Typical’ GFD ration
	Rice	Cornmeal	Wheat	Sorghum	Average
Grain	0.26	0.15	0.16	0.06	0.16
Corn‐soy blend	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Pulse	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Vegetable oil	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Total cost (1 full ration)	0.34	0.24	0.24	0.14	0.24

‘Revised’ GFD ration
	Rice	Cornmeal	Wheat	Sorghum	Average
Grain	0.28	0.16	0.17	0.07	0.17
Pulse	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
Vegetable oil	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Total cost (1 full ration)	0.36	0.24	0.25	0.15	0.25

GFD, general food distribution. Cost estimate includes commodity cost only, as provided by the Food For Peace commodity calculator for fiscal year 2009 (http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/comcalc_new.xls, accessed March 2009).