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Publisher
World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Citation
Annual Report - World Food Programme, 2002, 2002, pp 45 pp.
Abstract

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 ...

Author(s)
Tura, H. A.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Third World Quarterly, 2019, 40, 9, pp 1613-1633
Abstract

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
Abstract

"Food securitization" refers to the process by which food supplies are linked to larger security issues or broader notions of human security. While this study is built on the surge of food policy studies that acknowledge the importance of discourse, rhetoric, and labeling in shaping the notion of...

Author(s)
Griver, S.; Fischhendler, I.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2021, 13, 5, pp 1303-1321
Abstract

Objective: To assess the 1999-2000 food security situation and the food relief programmes in Ethiopia, and evaluate the need for a national food and nutrition policy. Design: A systematic search of data sources from the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), the Ethiopian ...

Author(s)
Kaluski, D. N.; Einat Ophir; Amede, T.
Publisher
CAB International, Wallingford, UK
Citation
Public Health Nutrition, 2002, 5, 3, pp 373-381
Abstract

Background: The global food system is not delivering affordable, healthy, diverse diets, which are needed to address malnutrition in all its forms for sustainable development. This will require policy change across the economic sectors that govern food systems, including agriculture, trade,...

Author(s)
Thow, A. M.; Apprey, C.; Winters, J.; Stellmach, D.; Alders, R.; Aduku, L. N. E.; Mulcahy, G.; Annan, R.
Publisher
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Citation
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021, 10, 12, pp 909-922
Abstract

This paper presents the results of a review of the evidence on the impacts of structured demand programmes on resilient food systems. It focuses upon three main kinds of structured demand programmes: (1) home-grown school feeding (HGSF); (2) local and regional food aid procurement (LRP), in...

Author(s)
Coles, C.
Publisher
Overseas Development Institute, London, UK
Citation
What is known about the impact of structured demand activities on resilient food systems?, 2013, pp iv + 17 pp.
Abstract

Many natural and non-natural hazards threaten food security, especially in urban areas where growing populations place extra demands on the food supply. Ensuring stable food security before, during, and after disasters requires resilient food systems that can withstand and recover from disruptions. ...

Author(s)
Biehl, E.; Buzogany, S.; Baja, K.; Neff, R. A.
Publisher
New Leaf Associates, Ithaca, USA
Citation
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2018, 8, Supplement 2, pp 39-53
Abstract

At the beginning of the 21st century, the countries of subsaharan Africa (SSA) face severe economic, social and political problems. At the centre of many of these problems is widespread food insecurity. The prospects are that more food aid or aid for food will be required if food security is to be...

Author(s)
Shaw, D. J.
Publisher
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Citation
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2002, 23, 3, pp 571-599
Abstract

Federal food assistance in the USA is an agglomeration of programs, the legacy of charitable and needs-based approaches that have been in place since the 1930s. Moving toward a rights-based approach would overcome many of the problems of these programs, such as the stigma attached to receiving...

Author(s)
Anderson, M. D.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2020, 35, 4, pp 439-441

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