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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
Abstract

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.
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

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
AbstractFull Text

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
Abstract

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,
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

The currently accepted means of categorizing household food insecurity and identifying famine or famine risk is through Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis. IPC guidelines set criteria for the measurement and determination of famine, but recent analyses in famine-risk...

Author(s)
Maxwell, D.; Adan, G.; Hailey, P.; Day, M.; Odhiambo, S. B. J.; Kaindi, L.; Njiru, J.; Venkat, A.; Marshak, A.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2023, 118,
Abstract

A review of the operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) during 2005 is presented. WFP is primarily geared towards the elimination of hunger in the world and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals on poverty and hunger. Over 90% of the WFP's development resources went to the...

Publisher
World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Citation
Annual Report - World Food Programme, 2005, 2005, pp 61 pp.

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