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
- Humanitarian advocacy: a solution disaster prevention and recovery
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2001
- This year's World Disasters Report looks at the subject of, and the difficulties involved in, recovery from disasters. The overall picture, particularly for those in the most disaster-prone countries, is far from encouraging. Chapters...
- Forests, famine and war: the key to Cambodia's future
- Global Witness, 1995
- Global Witness' first report, which reveals the architects and beneficiaries of Cambodia's timber trade, including the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, and which shows that these two groups, who at the time were at wa...
- Interactions between wildlife, livestock and people from a livelihoods perspective
- C. Boyd; R. Blench; D. Bourn; L. Drake; P. Stevenson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- From the perspective of local livelihoods this paper explores the complex interactions between wildlife, livestock and people, and options for integrated wildlife and livestock management in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Africa....
- Meeting Food Aid and Price Stabilization Objectives Through Local Grain Purchase: A Review of the 1996 Experience [in Ethiopia]
- W Amha; J. Stepanek; T.S. Jayne; A Negassa / Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999
- Aims to identify factors that can improve the ability of future local purchase activities to achieve a range of national food policy objectives. This analysis reviews the design and implementation of 1996 local purchase activities in ...
- The Sahel region; assessing progress twenty-five years after the great drought
- S. Batterbury / Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, 1998
- Before issues of global warming, ozone depletion or acid rain became important objects of scientific study and international concern, the Sahel region came to represent what Claude Raynaut called "the quintessence of a major environme...
- Time for Change: Food Aid and Development Consultation, October 1998
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 1998
- Collection of papers prepared for WFP policy review meeting, looking at effectiveness of food aid programmes and their effects on the poor.
- Multiple Uses of Common Pool Resources in Semi-Arid West Africa: A Survey of Existing Practices and Options for Sustainable Resource Management
- T.O. Williams / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- Common pool resources such as rangeland, forests, fallow fields and ponds provide an array of social and economic benefits for a wide variety of users in semi-arid west Africa. However, poor definition and enforcement of the instituti...
- Eradicating Famines in Theory and Practice: Thoughts on Early Warning Systems
- M. Glantz / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1999
- Do we already know enough about famine's causes, effects, indicators, and at-risk populations to block its occurrences? Do we really need more sophisticated and detailed information that would be generated by famine vulnerability maps...
- El Niño and Drought Early Warning in Ethiopia
- Wolde-Georgis Tsegay / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1997
- ENSO information could improve drought early warning by providing longer lead times to respond. This could enable farmers to identify suitable seeds and times for planting. This task is complicated, however, because Ethiopian farming ...
- What is a Famine Early Warning System?: Can it Prevent Famine?
- M. Buchanan-Smith / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1999
- Proposes typology of early warning systems, and summarises research on the effectiveness of each
- Forests, famine and war: the key to Cambodia's future
- Global Witness, 1995
- Global Witness' first report, which reveals the architects and beneficiaries of Cambodia's timber trade, including the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, and which shows that these two groups, who at the time were at wa...
- Interactions between wildlife, livestock and people from a livelihoods perspective
- C. Boyd; R. Blench; D. Bourn; L. Drake; P. Stevenson / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- From the perspective of local livelihoods this paper explores the complex interactions between wildlife, livestock and people, and options for integrated wildlife and livestock management in the semi-arid rangelands of eastern Africa....
- Meeting Food Aid and Price Stabilization Objectives Through Local Grain Purchase: A Review of the 1996 Experience [in Ethiopia]
- W Amha; J. Stepanek; T.S. Jayne; A Negassa / Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999
- Aims to identify factors that can improve the ability of future local purchase activities to achieve a range of national food policy objectives. This analysis reviews the design and implementation of 1996 local purchase activities in ...
- The Sahel region; assessing progress twenty-five years after the great drought
- S. Batterbury / Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, 1998
- Before issues of global warming, ozone depletion or acid rain became important objects of scientific study and international concern, the Sahel region came to represent what Claude Raynaut called "the quintessence of a major environme...
- Time for Change: Food Aid and Development Consultation, October 1998
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 1998
- Collection of papers prepared for WFP policy review meeting, looking at effectiveness of food aid programmes and their effects on the poor.
- Multiple Uses of Common Pool Resources in Semi-Arid West Africa: A Survey of Existing Practices and Options for Sustainable Resource Management
- T.O. Williams / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- Common pool resources such as rangeland, forests, fallow fields and ponds provide an array of social and economic benefits for a wide variety of users in semi-arid west Africa. However, poor definition and enforcement of the instituti...
- Eradicating Famines in Theory and Practice: Thoughts on Early Warning Systems
- M. Glantz / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1999
- Do we already know enough about famine's causes, effects, indicators, and at-risk populations to block its occurrences? Do we really need more sophisticated and detailed information that would be generated by famine vulnerability maps...
- El Niño and Drought Early Warning in Ethiopia
- Wolde-Georgis Tsegay / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1997
- ENSO information could improve drought early warning by providing longer lead times to respond. This could enable farmers to identify suitable seeds and times for planting. This task is complicated, however, because Ethiopian farming ...
- What is a Famine Early Warning System?: Can it Prevent Famine?
- M. Buchanan-Smith / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1999
- Proposes typology of early warning systems, and summarises research on the effectiveness of each
- Local-Level Data for use as Early Warning Indicators
- R. Huss-Ashmore / Internet Journal of African Studies, 1997
- There is considerable debate on the appropriate design of early warning systems for the prediction of drought and famine in Africa. Much of the debate centers on the ability of current or prospective indicators to provide information ...
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