Causes of food crises
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How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ( ActionAid International , 2007)
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Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of...
- Immediate triggers and underlying factors of Southern Africa's food crisis
- ( S. Wiggins / Agricultural Economics Society, UK , 2005)
- This paper outlines the crisis and responses to Southern Africa's food and humanitarian crisis (2001-4), examining both immediate triggers and underlying factors. In particular, it looks at the extent...
- A combination of public and private responses to prevent a food crisis, Bangladesh
- ( C. del Ninno; P.A. Dorosh; L.C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2003)
- This paper analyses the 1998 floods in Bangladesh, which covered two-thirds of the country and caused severe damage to the major rice crop, from the perspective of food security. Specifically, it expl...
- Exploring misconceptions about what caused the 2001-3 food emergency in Malawi
- ( L. Rubey / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID , 2003)
- This brief report examines the assumptions that the 2001-2003 food crisis in Malawi was the result of poor management of grain reserves, corruption and a severe drought. It argues that these often-cit...
- Transnational food corporations benefit from famine and malnutrition in Southern Africa
- ( R. Patel; A. Delwiche / Institute for Food and Development Policy , 2002)
- This article explores the causes of famine and chronic malnutrition in Southern Africa. It argues that famine and malnutrition are the product of poverty, not of food shortage, and that this is the re...
- Causes of the food crisis in Zambia and Malawi
- ( R. Øygard; A.G. Guttormsen; R. Garcia; R. Kachule; A. Mwanaumo; I. Mwanawina; E. Sjaastad; M. Wik / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2003)
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This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises.
The study differentiates causes of the cr...
- Making progress toward sustainable food security
- ( J. von Braun / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2003)
- This speech by IFPRI Director General Joachim von Braun was prepared for the Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Nairobi, October 29, 2003). He arg...
- Why is southern Africa hungry?
- ( K. Lambrechts; G. Barry / Christian Aid , 2003)
- This paper, based on Christian Aid's submission to the House of Commons International Select Committee on International Development, takes an in-depth look at the causes of southern Africa's crisis an...
- World Bank and IMF agricultural reforms: contributing to famine?
- ( Max Lawson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- The focus of the UN summit in Johannesburg in September 2002 was ‘people, planet and prosperity’, yet at the same time, Johannesburg is the staging post for millions of tonnes of UN food aid. About 13...
- Biotech foods and other obstacles to the food aid crisis response in Southern Africa
- ( Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID , 2003)
- This paper documents research on the Southern African food crisis and assesses:factors that contributed to the crisishow well the populations' needs were metobstacles to the food aid e...
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