Food aid: how effective is it?

The international organisation of food security is in disarray. How has this happened? New research on food aid by the Overseas Development Institute, ODI, makes clear the seriousness of the issue. Tackling hunger is crucial to the international targets for reducing poverty. The report shows that the poorest 1.5 billion people in the world live on less than $US1 a day and typically spend 80 percent of their income on food.