Most, if not all, other aid association buy their peanuts from lower cost, higher-quality providers, but there are good reasons for HHC to buy local peanuts even though they cost more. First, do a quantitative cost-benefit analysis of buying local peanuts rather than foreign peanuts. Next, identify other qualitative cost and benefits such as those affecting local farmers, the economic viability of the country, and HHCs relationship with UNICEF.