Responding to food crises
Government and international responses to varied economic, policy and environmentally driven food crises at all levels; the cause and effect of rising food prices; different approaches to reducing vulnerability and strengthening resilience; the pros and cons of food aid
Latest Documents
- Learning the Lessons? Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future
- Oxfam, 2013
- In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis began to unfold, many governments, donors and aid age...
- Food aid is participating in the rise of hunger - WFP should become a World Relief Program
- A. Mittal / The Oakland Institute, 2005
- Food aid has been ‘cheap’ aid, expected to serve domestic interests and to fight hunger at the same time. This paper argues that apart from specific disaster situations, this does not work. The author claims that food aid ...
- Telecommunications are a powerful tool for positive change
- Sheila K; Katrin V / United Nations Foundation, 2008
- This report, published by the UN Foundation, examines real life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. Largel...
- How to develop and promote food diversification and nutrition in Malawi
- S. Nordin / Food & Nutrition Security and Permaculture in Malawi, 2005
- Tackling food insecurity in Malawi has moved away from emergency aid towards relief and recovery, with government policy looking at food diversification and nutrition. Produced following a nine-month study conducted in Malawi througho...
- Global food price surge: strategies to strengthen women adaptative capacity
- A. Quisumbing; R. Meinzen-Dick; L. Bassett / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- This policy brief outlines the gender implications of the recent food price crisis and how it impacts on poor and vulnerable households. The report calls on decision makers to incorporate what is known about women’s roles in agr...
- The food security situation in Zimbabwe: an assessment by FAO/WFP
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
- Zimbabwe experienced incessant rains in the first half of the 2007/08 cropping season during December- January causing severe water logging followed by prolonged dry spells, through much of the country compounding the devastating effe...
- As food prices increase, food aid hits a record low
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2008
- The 2008 edition of the annual Food Aid Flows report provides a comprehensive view of trends in global food aid, which include food aid deliveries by Governments, non-governmental organisations and the World Food Programme. It shows t...
- July 2008 maize forecast for West Africa
- Reliefweb, 2008
- This paper, produced by EARS Earth Environment Monitoring, provides a preliminary forecast of the maize difference yield that is expected at the end of the current growing season in West Africa. Using a satellite base yield...
- What does the 2008 US Farm Bill mean for Doha?
- S. Murphy; S. Suppan / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008
- This article reviews the US Farm Bill, also known as the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 and asks how the bill might work in relation to the 19th of May draft of the proposed Doha Agreement on Agriculture. Points ...
- How can North Korea avoid another food crisis?
- S. Haggard; M. Noland; E. Weeks / Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008
- The margin of error between required grain in North Korea and available supply is now less than 100,000 metric tons. Local food prices are sky-rocketing faster than world prices, the regime has soured its aid relationships with key do...
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