Publisher
World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Citation
Annual Report - World Food Programme, 2002, 2002, pp 45 pp.
The effectiveness of food aid in reducing household food insecurity in developing countries has been extensively examined in previous studies. This study explores this issue in the context of COVID-19, using the example of emergency food aid provided by the Senegalese government. Field survey data...
Author(s)
Diouf, A.; Ndiaye, M. F.; Faye, C.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
African Development Review, 2022, 34, 4, pp 556-569
Armed conflict combined with prolonged drought has put about 20 million people at risk of starvation and death in Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and northern Nigeria. The international development and aid communities are caught between the enormity of the humanitarian crisis, which demands an...
Author(s)
Babu, S. C.; Dorosh, P.
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C., USA
Citation
From famine to food security: lessons for building resilient food systems, 2017, pp 4 pp.
A human rights approach to food security seeks to empower vulnerable groups to claim their rights. It also reinforces a government's obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food. Furthermore, it encourages the integration of the right to food into the design and implementation of ...
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Third World Quarterly, 2019, 40, 9, pp 1613-1633
It is well-established that armed political conflict has a detrimental effect on food security and household welfare: conflict induces food insecurity by reducing own food production, access to food through the market, and various other resources to sustain healthy and productive lives. One way of...
Author(s)
Tusiime, H. A.; Renard, R.; Smets, L.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2013, 43, pp 14-22
Publisher
World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Citation
Annual Report - World Food Programme, 2000, 2000, pp 44 pp.
Global progress in reducing hunger during the 2000s stalled in 2010, and leading to an increase in undernourishment in several countries starting in 2014. The 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World analysed the three main drivers challenging food...
Author(s)
Azzini, G. C.; Conti, V.; Holleman, C.; Smulders, M.
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies, 2022, 23, pp x + 54 pp.
Restoring food reserves and palliating food ration 'leakage' are top priorities for policymakers in the face of increasing populations, changing diets, environmental pressures and climate change. During an emergency, when food supply is in high demand, the current Laws of International...
Author(s)
Howard-Johnson, M.
Publisher
Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin, Germany
Citation
European Food and Feed Law Review, 2014, No.1, pp 37-47
Somalia is among the poorest countries on the planet. Since the fall of Siad Barre's regime in 1991, the country has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity and suffered two officially declared famines. In order to address the issue of food insecurity in Somalia, a greater understanding of ...
Author(s)
Gavin, R.; Haji, H.; Porter, P.
Publisher
Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Citation
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2019, 19, 3, pp 14587-14601
In Ethiopia, food security and vulnerability assessments have traditionally focused on rural areas. Recently, the issue of urban food security has been attracting attention in global policy debates. However, limited studies are found in the study areas that link food insecurity with major food...
Author(s)
Amare Molla Dinku; Tefera Chane Mekonnen; Getachew Shumye Adilu
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Heliyon, 2023, 9, 3,