Analysis of approaches to understanding and addressing food security issues; examination of the structural causes of food insecurity and different policy responses.
- Main features of the U.S. international food assistance policy, 2002
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2004
- This report presents the actions undertaken by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote global food security during 2002. It presents the case for aid for food security, analyses each of the internatio...
- How can a livelihoods approach be applied to food security needs in emergencies?
- H. Young; S. Jaspars; B. Brown; J. Frize; H. Khogali / Oxfam, 2001
- This paper describes the theory and practice of Oxfam Great Britain’s livelihoods approach to assessing food security in emergencies. Adopting a livelihoods approach in such a context simply means that emergency programming is ai...
- What linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management?
- R.S. Meinzen-Dick; M. Di Gregorio / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
- This collection of briefings studies the linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management. It argues that such linkages have important implications for technology adoption, economic growth, food sec...
- Development compact to fulfil the right to development
- A. Sengupta / United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003
- This study explores the implications of international economic issues, mainly driven by the process of globalisation, for the realisation of the right to development, and proposes avenues for action for all actors in the international...
- Would poverty mapping enhance programme targeting in Malawi?
- T. Benson / Poverty Mapping, 2002
- This paper attempts to evaluate the usefulness of poverty mapping techniques for the targeting of public works programmes. Specifically, it provides a retrospective assessment of how well two public works programs in Malawi – the...
- Social protection and pro-poor agricultural growth
- J. Farrington; R. Slater; R. Holmes / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2004
- Social protection (SP) and livelihood promotion have conventionally been handled by different departments within governments and donor organisations. Taking the example of agriculture, this paper argues that the scope for synergy betw...
- Food policy options for improving health
- L. Haddad / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- Is there a case for public investment in efforts to influence the transition toward increasingly healthy outcomes? This paper argues that with the existence of information asymmetries and negative externalities there is. The pa...
- Report on nutrition status of refugees and IDPs
- United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2003
- This is a quarterly report providing information on emergency affected populations. It gives a brief situation update and information on nutrition, mortality rates, health and food security in refugee and displaced populations. Recomm...
- Exploring food security, agricultural biotechnology and IPRs in a developing country context
- F. Yamin / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
- This paper examines the relationship between food security, agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property rights (IPRs), particularly for developing countries and poorer groups within those countries. Main findings inclu...
- Biosafety regulations should be context specific and locally developed
- J. Keeley; I. Scoones / Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003
- This paper looks at the regulation of biotechnology in Zimbabwe. It argues that key uncertainties in biosafety debates are context specific and therefore locally developed, flexible regulatory systems are more appropriate than the sta...
- Extracts from International and Regional Instruments and Declarations, as well as Some Other Authoritative Texts Addressing the Right to Food
- FAO Right to Food, 1999
- This paper is issued as a legislative study by the FAO Legal Office. It contains a selection of extracts from international and regional instruments, as well as from some other authoritative texts, addressing the right to food. Extrac...
- Review of progress made in the definition of the right to adequate food in international law: States' obligations, international organizations' obligations and the role of the private sector.
- Asbjørn Eide / FAO Right to Food, 1999
- The paper places the effort to define and clarify the rights to food and nutrition within the wider framework of international law and relations based on the United Nations Charter. It examines the request made by the World Food Summi...
- Food Security Indicators and Framework for Use in the Monitoring and Evaluation Food Aid Programs
- Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 1999
- Guide to assist in the identification of food security indicators to be used in the monitoring and evaluation of U.S. P.L. 480 Title II food aid programs. Effectively integrating food security indicators into the monitoring and evalua...
- A critical analysis of the causes of world food insecurity
- Testa G. Gebremedhin / Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, 1997
- Although world food and agricultural production, based on current trends, should be sufficient to meet demand in the decades ahead, the world still faces a serious food crisis that is as dangerous and life-threatening for millions of ...
- Assessing the Impact of Rice Policy Changes in Viet Nam and the Contribution of Policy Research
- A.G. Ryan / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1999
- Analysis of the economic impact of IFPRI research on the rice policy and marketing in Vietnam between 1995-1997. The research is described, and the conclusions and recommendations that emerged are discussed in the context of th...
- Systematic Client Consultation in Development: The Case of Food Policy Research in Ghana, India, Kenya, and Mali
- S.C. Babu; L.R. Brown; B. McClafferty / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998
- Successful food policy implementation is preceded by a defined policymaking process drawing from a sound information base. Yet too often the knowledge generated through food policy research does not become part of the local body of in...
- The GAPVU Cash Transfer Program in Mozambique: an assessment
- G. Datt; E. Payongayong; J.L. Garrett; M. Ruel / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997
- The GAPVU cash transfer program is an important safety net for urban Mozambique. The coverage of the program is impressive within the urban sector, reaching about 16 percent of all urban households. Although the mean transfer amount i...
- Manual on how to do early warning monitoring and reporting
- C. Chopak / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2000
- Aim is to help eearly warning analysts to understand: Key early warning concepts, tools and methods Data and information collection and management activities How to do the routine monitoring and assess...
- Helping policy makers identify the correct interventions
- G.B.A. Bahiigwa / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 1999
- This study presents findings of a study on household food security in Uganda. The study had two main objectives. The first objective was to determine the food security status of rural households during the period July 1997-June 1998. ...
- Biotechnology Policy for Development Country Agriculture
- C. Brenner / OECD Development Centre, 1997
- Biotechnology offers the potential for more environmentally-friendly agriculture but the conditions for developing countries to take advantage of that potential should be created. Policy intervention is needed to ensure that biotechno...
- African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)
- The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is a quarterly peer reviewed journal with a global reputation, published in Kenya by the Rural Outreach Programme (ROP) in Nairobi. Their publishing programme covers a wide range of scientific and development disciplines, including agriculture, food, nutrition, environmental management and sustainable developm...
- Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP)
- The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) works with extreme poor households living on island chars in north western Bangladesh, and aims to improve the livelihoods of over one million people. The CLP is jointly funded by UKaid through the Department for International Development and the Australian Government (AusAID), sponsored by the Rural Development and Co-operatives Division of the Government of...
- Sokoine University of Agriculture
- University departments offering teaching, research and consultancy services.
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- The Child Poverty Action Group was formed in 1994 out of deep concern for the rising level of poverty in New Zealand and its effects on children. CPAG works to produce evidence about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families. It examines how Government policies affect children and families. CPAG publishes reports, makes submissions and conducts small-scale researc...
- Climate Change Agriculture Food Security (CCAFS)
- The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative launched by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). CCAFS seeks to overcome the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate, exploring new ways of helping vulnerable rural co...
- Food Security Research Project (FRSP)
- Zambian food security research network
- Focus on women, World Food Programme (WFP)
- WFP's work on food security and women
- Centre for Social Protection (CSP)
- The Centre for Social Protection (CSP) at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK, supports a network of partners working to mainstream social protection in development policy and encourage social protection systems and instruments that are comprehensive, long-term, sustainable and pro-poor. It produces research on: Conceptual approaches De...
- IRIN PlusNews
- PlusNews is the global online HIV and AIDS news service of the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). It is the most comprehensive source of original reporting on the pandemic, providing a professionally produced, one-stop information service for cutting-edge, but jargon-free news and analysis on HIV and AIDS in four languages - English, French, Portuguese a...
- Food crisis and the global land grab
- News and commentary on land grabbing
