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Famine in Ethiopia: is food aid the answer?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003As 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 Government failed to address the root causes of the country’s perennial food insecurity?DocumentRethinking principles of assessment in complex emergencies: the food economy alternative
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003When 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 and income? Is it possible to increase communication between political economists and food security analysts?DocumentUnderstanding linkages between urban poverty, livelihoods and natural resources
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003How 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 the importance of natural resources to the urban poor?DocumentEnhancing the nutritional quality of relief diets: workshop proceedings
ProNUTRITION, 1999This paper reports on a workshop addressing the issue of nutritional quality of relief foods.DocumentGuatemala City: a focus on working women and childcare
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003This 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 children.Findings:the number of urban women who work for an income in Guatemala increased to 28% in 1999, 20% more than at the beginning of the decade.DocumentFood security and emergencies
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2003This paper addresses the continuing issue of food insecurity in Ethiopia.DocumentFarmers' privilege under attack
GRAIN, 2003This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’.DocumentUSAID report to Congress: care, treatment and support of persons living with AIDS
US Agency for International Development, 2002This paper states the areas of commitment, and reports on the work of USAID in treating and caring for patients with HIV/AIDS.The paper offers examples of USAID work in the following areas:antiretroviral therapyhome-based caretuberculosisopportunistic Infectionschildren affected by AIDSpsycho-social supportnutrition and food aidmicrofinanceIt also detDocumentRisk and vulnerability in Ethiopia: learning from the past, responding to the present, preparing for the future
US Agency for International Development, 2003This paper aims to learn from the household survival strategies in Ethiopia that have evolved to manage diverse disaster hazards with a view that such strategies can inform more effective disaster preparedness, relief, recovery and prevention, policies and interventions.This report describes the systems that are in place that are designed for the early detection of crisis, the nature of humanitDocumentSupplementation with beef or milk markedly improves vitamin B12 status of Kenya schoolers
Global Livestock CRSP, 2002This paper reports on a two year controlled intervention with animal source foods, initiated in Embu, Kenya, to improve the micronutrient status of 6-9 year old rural Kenyan school children and test if animal source foods improve growth and cognitive function as well.Twelve schools were randomly assigned to three different but equi-calorific food supplements.Pages