Global Food Security And Development Aid

Author : Ivica Petrikova
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134835195

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Global Food Security and Development Aid by Ivica Petrikova Pdf

At the global level, international actors have repeatedly expressed their desire to end hunger and food insecurity. However, food insecurity has persisted. More analysis is hence needed on the link between continuously high levels of global food insecurity and the ever increasing flow of development aid. Global Food Security and Development Aid investigates the impact that development aid has had on food security in developing countries and includes international case studies on Peru, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. It examines the effect of development aid in general and the impact of aid divided into different categories based on donor, mechanism and sector to which it is provided. In each examined relationship between aid and food security, particular attention is paid to the potentially intervening role played by the quality of national and/or local governance. The book makes policy recommendations, most importantly that donors should take greater care in considering which types of aid are suitable to which specific countries, localities, and development goals, and account for expected developments in the complex relationship between aid, food security, and governance. This book will be of considerable interest to students, researchers and policy-makers in the areas of development aid and food security.

Author : Mohamed Behnassi,Sidney Draggan,Sanni Yaya
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400708907

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Global Food Insecurity by Mohamed Behnassi,Sidney Draggan,Sanni Yaya Pdf

Human-kind and ecological systems are currently facing one of the toughest challenges: how to feed more billions of people in the future within the perspective of climate change, energy shortages, economic crises and growing competition for the use of renewable and non renewable resources. This challenge is even more crucial given that we have not yet come close to achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger. Scientists and relevant stakeholders are now voicing a clear message: that multiple challenges the world is facing require innovative, multifaceted, science-based, technological, economic and political approaches in theoretical thinking, decision making and action. With this background central to survival and well-being, the purpose of this volume is to formulate and promote relevant theoretical analysis and policy recommendations. The major perspective of this publication is that paradigm and policy shifts at all levels are needed urgently. This is based on the evidence that agriculture in the 21st century will be undergoing significant demands, arising largely from the need to increase the global food enterprise, while adjusting and contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Global Food Insecurity aims at providing structure to effect achievement of this critically needed roadmap.

Author : John Michael Ashley
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128017791

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Food Security in the Developing World by John Michael Ashley Pdf

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Author : Melissa D. Ho
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437929683

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International Food Aid Programs by Melissa D. Ho Pdf

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The U.S. has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food security through internat. food aid activities. The development and implementation of a U.S. global food security initiative, and commitments made by global leaders to support agr. develop., have increased Congress¿s focus on U.S. internat. food aid programs. Contents of this report: (1) Program Descriptions: Food for Peace Act; Sect. 416(b); Food for Progress; McGovern-Dole Internat. Food for Educ. and Child Nutrition Program; Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust; (2) Funding of Food Aid; (3) Issues for Congress: Aid Effectiveness; Demand-Driven Aid Strategies; Cash vs. Commodities: Local or Regional Procurement. Illus.

Author : Edward Clay,Olav Schram Stokke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136334481

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Food Aid and Human Security by Edward Clay,Olav Schram Stokke Pdf

Food aid is historically a major element of development aid to support longer-term development, and the primary response to help countries and peoples in crisis. This examination of food aid focuses in particular on institutional questions.

Author : Barry Riley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190228897

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The Political History of American Food Aid by Barry Riley Pdf

American food aid to foreigners long has been the most visible-and most popular-means of providing humanitarian aid to millions of hungry people confronted by war, terrorism and natural cataclysms and the resulting threat-often the reality-of famine and death. The book investigates the little-known, not-well-understood and often highly-contentious political processes which have converted American agricultural production into tools of U.S. government policy. In The Political History of American Food Aid, Barry Riley explores the influences of humanitarian, domestic agricultural policy, foreign policy, and national security goals that have created the uneasy relationship between benevolent instincts and the realpolitik of national interests. He traces how food aid has been used from the earliest days of the republic in widely differing circumstances: as a response to hunger, a weapon to confront the expansion of bolshevism after World War I and communism after World War II, a method for balancing disputes between Israel and Egypt, a channel for disposing of food surpluses, a signal of support to friendly governments, and a means for securing the votes of farming constituents or the political support of agriculture sector lobbyists, commodity traders, transporters and shippers. Riley's broad sweep provides a profound understanding of the complex factors influencing American food aid policy and a foundation for examining its historical relationship with relief, economic development, food security and its possible future in a world confronting the effects of global climate change.

Author : Alan G. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313388835

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Human Rights and Choice in Poverty by Alan G. Smith Pdf

This interdisciplinary study applies human rights theory to the problems of rural poverty in the Third World. Considering the interdependence of minimal food and health security with minimal assurance of basic freedoms, political scientist Alan G. Smith traces the linkage to the need of the food-insecure to seek clientelistic dependencies on better-off neighbors—relationships that often operate to restrict freedom of choice. In contrast to conventional rural development aid, which can introduce new client dependency if pursued alone, Smith stresses the need to find other forms of aid that would provide the option of assured minimal survival while avoiding the constraints imposed by dependency. Arguing for bolstering bottom-up human rights momentum, he suggests the transfer of appropriate tools into the hands of the target group. Recipients would make use of them to enhance autonomous food-crop production, thereby making client dependency a matter of choice rather than necessity. Smith illustrates the Third World predicament of food insecurity leading to infringement of rights by drawing together empirical evidence from Bangladesh, Botswana, and Tanzania. He further argues that respect for human rights involves a duty on the part of advantaged nations to address the Third World predicament with practical measures fully consistent with human rights, and for each of these three country cases, Smith recommends direct locally specific minimalist aid. His model, its practical illustration, and recommendations should be valuable to academics and students in the fields of rural sociology, anthropology, and political science—especially those focusing on human rights, poverty, and Third World development—as well as bureaucrats and consultants in the development aid field.

Author : Christopher B. Barrett,Dan Maxwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135992972

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Food Aid After Fifty Years by Christopher B. Barrett,Dan Maxwell Pdf

This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to students of development economics and development studies and those working in the field.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 0215522109

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The World Food Programme and Global Food Security by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

Hunger and malnutrition are long-term problems facing the world. Recent food price rises have greatly exacerbated the difficulties poor people face in accessing nourishing food and have dragged up to 100 million people back into poverty. The World Food Programme's (WFP) 'pipeline' of emergency food has never been more important. WFP does crucial work at the frontline of humanitarian emergencies and in building the resilience of communities to deal with long-term hunger. Up to 20 million tonnes of food may be needed to feed new groups of people being pushed into poverty by food price rises. Significant increases to the WFP's budget are likely to be needed in order to secure this additional food supply. The usual annual total of US$3 billion in voluntary contributions may need to double to US$5-6 billion. Malnutrition is responsible for one-third of child deaths, yet it is under-funded and under-emphasised by the international community and the UN system. The Committee is shocked that DFID lacks a specific nutrition policy and measurable targets for assessing progress in reducing malnutrition. The establishment of the UN Taskforce and its Comprehensive Framework for Action on food security are positive steps. Agencies such as DFID and the WFP must look beyond the current crisis and address long-term drivers of food security. DFID should re-focus on agriculture. Reforms to the UN system are another important factor in improving future responses to food insecurity. There is scope for far greater integration of the work done by the three Rome-based UN agencies. Identifying the WFP as the lead UN agency on hunger would contribute to a more coherent international approach.

Author : Thomas Melito
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437930399

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Global Food Security by Thomas Melito Pdf

Global hunger continues to worsen despite world leaders¿ 1996 pledge ¿ reaffirmed in 2000 and 2009 ¿ to halve hunger by 2015. To reverse this trend, in 2009 major donor countries pledged $22 billion in a 3-year commitment to agriculture and food security in developing countries, of which $3.5 billion is the U.S. share. Through analysis of agency documents, interviews with agency officials and their development partners, and fieldwork in five recipient countries, this report examined: (1) the types and funding of food security programs and activities of relevant U.S. gov¿t. agencies; and (2) progress in developing an integrated U.S. governmentwide strategy to address global food insecurity as well as potential vulnerabilities of that strategy. Illus.

Author : John Di Corrado
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1624172091

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International Food Aid by John Di Corrado Pdf

For over 55 years, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food security through international food aid activities. The development and implementation of a U.S. global food security initiative, and commitments made by global leaders to support agricultural development, have increased Congress's focus on U.S. international food aid programs. The primary objectives for foreign food aid include providing emergency and humanitarian assistance in response to natural or man-made disasters, and promoting agricultural development and food security. The United States provides food aid for emergency food relief and to support development projects. This book examines the programs, donors, and world food program controls in support of international food aid currently being enacted to deal with this global crisis.

Author : Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581982

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The Global Food Crisis by Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen Pdf

The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world’s poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317596493

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Food Security and Development by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu Pdf

The global food system is characterized by large numbers of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger on the one hand, and vast amounts of food waste and overconsumption on the other. This book brings together experiences from different countries addressing the challenges associated with food security. Seen through various disciplinary lenses the different cases included are countries at various stages of food security, with diverse stories of success as well as failures in their efforts. China, Brazil and India, as well as less developed countries in Africa and Asia, such as Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Myanmar, Bangladesh and the Philippines. The authors pay special attention to the environmental and socio-economic challenges in the respective chapters and how they contribute to food insecurity. Each of the case studies identifies and analyzes which factors or drivers (environmental, economic, policy, technology, markets) have been the most powerful shapers of the food system and their future impact. The case studies identify interventions at regional, national and local level that contribute positively to food security, highlighting solutions that are effective and easy to implement for all levels of decision makers, from farmers to policy makers. Overall, the book provides insights in order to foster a greater understanding of the issues surrounding food security and support progress towards the goal of a sustainable food system for all.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Food relief
ISBN : UOM:39015089028750

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A Call to Action on Food Security by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042702780

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Beyond Food Aid by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger Pdf