This chapter discusses several economic and operational factors relevant to the design and use of public stocks for food security purposes in developing countries. The first section of the chapter considers several new circumstances in which these food security programmes would operate, including...
Author(s)
Díaz-Bonilla, E.
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA
Citation
Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000-2015, 2017, pp 233-283
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the population and economies. It also undermined food security and food system sustainability. In this context, this review paper analyses the outbreak impacts on the different dimensions of food security (viz. availability, access, utilisation,...
Author(s)
Colafemmina, D.; El-Bilali, H.; Capone, R.
Publisher
University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, East Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Citation
XI International Scientific Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2020", Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8-9 October 2020. Book of Proceedings, 2020, pp 925-933
Issues of food security and food aid have become important in Bangladesh. Three phases in food security and food aid policy are distinguished :post-independence reconstruction involving large-scale food aid; the increased use of targeted food aid projects in the period 1978-88 as Bangladesh grew...
Author(s)
Shaw, J.; Clay, E.
Publisher
James Currey Publisher, Rome: World Food Programme in association with London, UK, Italy
Citation
World food aid: experiences of recipients & donors., 1993, pp 41-55
The paper examines food aid trends and motivations and their impact in Bangladesh. As the world's second largest food aid recipient (after Egypt) between 1975 and 1992, Bangladesh has operated a number of innovative and well-documented food aid programmes. Historically, donors have provided more...
Author(s)
Atwood, D. A.; Jahangir, A. S. M.; Smith, H.; Golam Kabir
Publisher
John Hopkins University Press., Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Citation
Out of the shadows of famine: evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh., 2000, pp 148-164
It is noted that throughout its life of almost 40 years the raison d'être and functioning of the World Food Programme (WFP) have evolved, and in the 1990s the Programme was subjected to a much needed further evaluation, review and reform. The paper deals mainly with the analysis, findings,...
Author(s)
Faaland, J.; McLean, D.; Norbye, O. D. K.
Publisher
Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, Ilford, UK
Citation
Food aid and human security, 2000, pp 221-255
This chapter examines the problem of food insecurity and malnutrition as a consequence of natural or manmade disasters, and offers guidelines for the identification and management of food insecurity and malnutrition, and for planning an effective food aid and nutrition programmes. Particular...
Publisher
Woodhead Publishing India Pvt, Ltd, New Delhi, India
Citation
Public health nutrition in developing countries: Part 1 and 2, 2011, pp 898-931
This chapter focuses on the legal issues posed by the World Trade Organization (WTO) texts on public stockholding for food security purposes. These legal texts are presented in detail to provide a basic reference for policy makers, development practitioners, and the general public in developing...
Author(s)
Díaz-Bonilla, E.
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA
Citation
Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000-2015, 2017, pp 285-323
Food security is a complex issue. Food insecurity is caused by problems associated with access to and distribution of safe and nutritious food, which are exacerbated by drought, conflict, population growth and poverty. Governments play an important role in facilitating food security. So what is the ...
Publisher
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia
Citation
Vietnam food security policy review, 2017, pp 38-43
Based on the experiences of the World Food Programme (WFP) in providing relief food aid to the victims of man-made and natural disasters, some of the more prominent recent changes in the incidence of vulnerability to food security are examined: regional variations; the causes of vulnerability; the...
Author(s)
Crawshaw, B.; Shaw, J.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Climate change and world food security., 1995, pp 207-226
This paper presents the food security situation in Kenya, as well as the factors that affect it: lack of proper food and nutrition, land policy, investment in rural infrastructure, and research on Kenyan food crops, livestock, fisheries, and other products; inadequate agricultural research and...
Publisher
Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
Citation
Proceedings Sustainable Environmental Management for Poverty Alleviation in the Lake Victoria Basin, Workshop, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya, 27-29 March 2000, 2000, pp 26-28