Analysis of approaches to understanding and addressing food security issues; examination of the structural causes of food insecurity and different policy responses.
- Does the nature of aid flows affect aid effectiveness?
- G. Mavrotas; B. Ouattara / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003
- A major problem with much of the existing literature on aid effectiveness is the neglect of the heterogeneous character of aid inflows. This paper attempts to address this gap by examining the impact of different aid types (project ai...
- Improving safety nets in transition countries
- L. Fox / World Bank, 2003
- This paper focuses on the experience of the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in providing adequate safety nets for the poor during the last 10 years. The paper discusses the problem of poverty...
- Food aid programs contribute to better consumption outcomes
- S. Dercon; P. Krishnan / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2003
- This paper looks into the extent to which food aid helps to smooth consumption by reducing the impact of negative shocks, taking into account informal risk-sharing arrangements. The paper asks two questions: what...
- Understanding linkages between urban poverty, livelihoods and natural resources
- Ann Gordon; Junior Davis; Andrew Long / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- How are the conditions in which the urban poor live affected by changes in rural economies? How do policies targeted at rural populations indirectly affect urbanites? Can pro-poor urban policies be developed which take into account th...
- Rethinking principles of assessment in complex emergencies: the food economy alternative
- Tanya Boudreau; Philippa Coutts / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- When aid agencies respond to food needs in situations of chronic conflict and political instability (SCCPI), do they consider livelihoods carefully enough? How can they better analyse the effects of hazards on household access to food...
- Famine in Ethiopia: is food aid the answer?
- Clive Robinson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- As the world geared up to provide fourteen million Ethiopians with the food aid needed to guarantee their survival, the question remains – why is there still such widespread hunger in Ethiopia? Have donors and the Ethiopian Gover...
- Public childcare programmes can improve employment opportunities of women in Guatemala City
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- This paper assesses the problems that female headed household face in terms of employment and childcare in Guatemala, and examines the impact of a public daycare programme on their employment opportunities and the nutrition of their c...
- How to improve the nutitional quality of food aid
- ProNUTRITION, 1999
- This paper reports on a workshop addressing the issue of nutritional quality of relief foods. The workshop was designed to address the growing realisation that more can be done to address inadequate provision of nutrients and micronut...
- Replacing short term food aid with purchasing power and sustainable livelihoods: the case of food insecurity in Ethiopia
- Danish Institute for International Studies, 2003
- This paper addresses the continuing issue of food insecurity in Ethiopia. It presents a case study of North Wollo to demonstrate the effect of cultural barriers, food aid and other food insecurity policies on the area. The ove...
- What impact is PVP legislation having on the 'farmers privilege'?
- GRAIN, 2003
- This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’. The author argues that PVP legislation is eroding this...
- Timeline of events related to the right to food
- FAO Right to Food, 1999
- Chronology of events from 1948 to present, with links to full-texts of declarations, conference papers, etc.
- The right to food in theory and practice
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999
- FAO (ed), contributions from different authors from UN, academia and NGO-sector. In this publication, the rights related to food are examined from both the human rights and the operational points of view. Distinguished human rights ex...
- NGOs and the right to adequate food - Hunger and malnutrition: the human rights approach
- M Windfuhr / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999
- Chapter from the FAO publication "The right to food in theory and practice" (see separate entry) about the position of NGOs and Civil Society in the debate, containing extracts from a draft "Code of Conduct on the human right to adequ...
- FAO Mandate in the World Food Summit Plan of Action (1996)
- FAO Right to Food, 1999
- Paragraph 61 of the World Food Summit Plan of Action, describes recommendations to governments and Civil Society to develop intruments to implement the right to food for everybody.
- The right to food Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 1999
- Question of the realization in all countries of the economic, social and cultural rights contained in the universal declaration of human rights and in the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights, and study of sp...
- The 12 Misconceptions About The Right to Food
- FoodFirst Information and Action Network, 1999
- Brief answers to the following misconceptions that need to be addressed by recognizing economic human rights and using this knowledge to struggle against economic oppression of the poor and future generations: 1. We do not need...
- Solutions outside the Box: can we finally implement the human right to food
- S Maxwell / Overseas Development Institute, 1999
- ODI seminar in the series "A Rights-based Approach to Development: from Theory to Practice", including the paper presented to the UNDP/UNHCHR/Government of Norway Symposium on Human Development and Human Rights in Oslo, 2-3 October 19
- The Asian currency crises: lessons for an early warning system
- F. Jotzo / National Centre for Development Studies, Australia, 1999
- Is it possible to devise a funtioning early warning system for currency crises, and is there a role for the analysis of indicators beyond economic fundamentals? In light of the Asian crisis, the issue is examined both theoretically an...
- Famine in North Korea: causes and cures
- M. Noland; S. Robinson; T Wang / Institute for International Economics, USA, 1999
- Paper starts from incomplete data ridden with gross measurement errors to construct the underlying data base for a computable general equilibrium model (CGE) of the North Korean economy using cross-entropy estimation techniques. This ...
- Intellectual property rights and globalization: implications for developing countries
- C. Juma / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 1999
- Reviews the implications of the agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) under the World Trade Organization (WTO). It focuses on the national implemention of the TRIPS agreement, technological development, plant...
- 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
