International Food Aid

Author : Jennifer Clapp
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801463938

Get Book

Hunger in the Balance by Jennifer Clapp Pdf

Food aid has become a contentious issue in recent decades, with sharp disagreements over genetically modified crops, agricultural subsidies, and ways of guaranteeing food security in the face of successive global food crises. In Hunger in the Balance, Jennifer Clapp provides a timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary politics of food aid, explaining the origins and outcomes of recent clashes between donor nations-and between donors and recipients. She identifies fundamental disputes between donors over "tied" food aid, which requires that food be sourced in the donor country, versus "untied" aid, which provides cash to purchase food closer to the source of hunger. These debates have been especially intense between the major food aid donors, particularly the European Union and the United States. Similarly, the EU's rejection of GMO agricultural imports has raised concerns among recipients about accepting GMO foodstuffs from the United States. For the several hundred million people who at present have little choice but to rely on food aid for their daily survival, Clapp concludes, the consequences of these political differences are profound.

Author : Barry Riley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190228897

Get Book

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 : D. Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403905437

Get Book

The UN World Food Programme and the Development of Food Aid by D. Shaw Pdf

This is the first history to be written of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations System. It tells the story of the antecedents and origins of WFP and growth from modest beginnings as a three-year experiment in 1963-65 to become the main source of international food aid for both disaster relief and development against the background of the evolution and development of food aid. This dual role has put WFP in the front line of the United Nations attack on poverty, hunger and food insecurity.

Author : John Di Corrado
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1624172091

Get Book

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 : Edward Clay,Olav Schram Stokke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136334481

Get Book

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 : Melissa D. Ho
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437929683

Get Book

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 : Thomas Melito
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437917949

Get Book

International Food Assistance by Thomas Melito Pdf

The U.S. approach of providing in-kind food aid has assisted millions of hungry people for more than 50 years. But, there have been reports on limitations to its efficiency and effectiveness. To improve U.S. food assistance, Congress has authorized some funding for local and regional procurement (LRP) -- donors' purchase of food aid in countries affected by food crises or in a country within the same region. Through analysis of agency documents, interviews with agency officials, experts, and practitioners, and fieldwork in four African countries, this report examines: (1) LRP's impact on the efficiency of food aid delivery; (2) its impact on economies where food is procured; and (3) U.S. legal requirements that could affect agencies' use of LRP. Illus.

Author : John Shaw,Edward J. Clay
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015032594999

Get Book

World Food Aid by John Shaw,Edward J. Clay Pdf

Food aid is both popular and controversial. Detractors point to the political and commercial motives that have driven food aid flows, its disincentive effects, and the risk it carries of creating dependence. Supporters find it at the very core of humanitarian assistance. This innovative book examines the question of food assistance very broadly, from the perspective of both recipient countries and donors around the world, including four African nations-Tunisia, Benin, Lesotho, and Tanzania.

Author : Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581982

Get Book

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 : Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781437923476

Get Book

International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight by Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers Pdf

The number of individuals experiencing hunger has grown to more than 1 billion worldwide in 2009, due to the global economic crisis. International food assistance includes both emergency food aid and long-term food security programs. Due to rising food prices, increasing conflicts, poverty, and natural disasters, in 2007, a record 47 countries -- 27 in Africa -- faced food crises requiring emergency assistance. To address these emergencies, countries provide food aid as part of a humanitarian response to address acute hunger through either in-kind donations of food or cash donations. This report: updates U.S. agencies' responses to previous international food assistance recommendations; and identifies potential oversight questions for Congress. Illustrations.

Author : Theodore H. Cohn
Publisher : Denver : University of Denver, Graduate School of International Studies
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043633812

Get Book

Canadian Food Aid by Theodore H. Cohn Pdf

Author : Christopher B. Barrett,Julia Steets
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136519192

Get Book

Uniting on Food Assistance by Christopher B. Barrett,Julia Steets Pdf

This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities. We pay particular attention to how these trends shape and are shaped by European Union (EU) and United States (U.S.) food assistance policy and practice, and highlight the principles to which donors can adhere to move international food assistance forward.

Author : John Cathie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429859809

Get Book

European Food Aid Policy by John Cathie Pdf

Published in 1997, this book traces the development of European Food Aid Policy from its inception in the 1960s through to the 1990s. This covers the change from a surplus disposal programme in the early days to the present policy. The European Food Aid Policy is one of the few areas of development policy that is European rather than national in character. John Cathie therefore also examines the links forged with non-governmental organizations at an international level, for food aid and humanitarian operations.

Author : Douglas Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 1634832701

Get Book

U. S. International Food Aid Programs by Douglas Bennett Pdf

For almost six decades, 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 assistance--primarily through either the donation or sale on concessional terms of U.S. agricultural commodities. Objectives of U.S. foreign food aid include providing emergency and humanitarian assistance in response to natural or manmade disasters and promoting agricultural development and food security. This book includes a description of U.S. international food aid programs under current law; several important policy issues related to U.S. international food aid; and describes Administration and congressional proposals intended to change the nature of U.S. food international aid. This book also reviews the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) processes for awarding and modifying cash-based food assistance projects and assesses the extent to which USAID and its implementing partners have implemented financial controls to help ensure appropriate oversight of such projects.

Author : Christopher B. Barrett,Dan Maxwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135992965

Get Book

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.