Food in emergencies
- Towards effective food security responses in crisis situations
- This brief outlines the FAO's emergency response framework for identifying immediate food security priorities and measures to improve the productivity and resilience of food systems in the medium and long term. The response protocol includes a situation analysis, response analysis, response planning, response implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
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- The food security situation in Zimbabwe: an assessment by FAO/WFP
- ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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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 cou...
- 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 th...
July 2008 maize forecast for West Africa
- ( Reliefweb , 2008)
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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.
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 sou...
- Improving food crisis response in fragile states: towards a common classification framework?
- ( C. Andrews;M. Flores / United Nations University , 2008)
- This paper examines the imperative for improved classification and analysis of food crises in different fragile contexts. Recognising the persistence and protracted nature of food crises, the paper qu...
Strengthening emergency needs assessment: lessons from Ethipoia
- ( N. Haan;N. Majid;J. Darcy / United Nations [UN] World Food Programme , 2006)
This study reviews the practice of Emergency Needs Assessment (ENA) in Ethiopia as it relates to food security, with a view to informing efforts by the World Food Programme (WFP) to impro...
Tackling food insecurity in Africa: a five-year strategic framework
- ( Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness , 2008)
Sub-Saharan Africa is not on track to achieve a single Millennium Development Goal, and is the only region in the world where malnutrition – an outcome of food insecurity – is not decli...
What can the international community do to help developing countries deal with rising food prices?
- ( International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2008)
Prepared by the FAO, IFAD and WEP for the meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 28-29 April in Berne, Switzerland, this paper argues that the rapid price increase of basic food ...
- What can be done to combat rising food prices?
- ( J. von Braun / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
The sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years has led to increasingly serious concerns about the situation of people around the world. This policy brief aims to identify...
Establishing basic principles to guide decision-making in emergency situations
- ( United Nations [UN] World Food Programme , 2006)
Targeting is a process that spans the life of a food aid operation, not just the initial phases of identifying beneficiaries. Finding the right balance between inclusion and exclusion errors, oppor...
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