Towards A Global Food Aid Compact
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| Author | : Christopher B. Barrett |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
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| ISBN | : |
Food aid is an increasingly contentious subject. It is one of a handful of significant points of disagreement in current agricultural trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s Doha Round, as the United States and the European Union wrangle over the possible trade displacement and developmental effects of food aid. Food aid is often blamed for creating disincentives for small farmers in recipient countries by depressing food prices, distorting markets, discouraging overdue policy reforms and fostering dependency. Humanitarian agencies distributing food aid have recently been accused of both manipulating individual recipients - for example the food-for-sex scandals in West Africa in 2001/2 - and being manipulated by major powers during international conflict and post-conflict recovery, as reflected in former Secretary of State Colin Powell's comment that the humanitarian agencies operating in Afghanistan is early 2002 were a significant "force multiplier" for the US military. Observers on all sides have decried the use of food aid as a political weapon in open warfare (e.g., Sudan) and internal political crises (e.g., Zimbabwe), as well as in diplomatic maneuvering (e.g., with North Korea).
| Author | : Jennifer Clapp |
| Publisher | : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2009-09-30 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 155458275X |
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 | : Thomas Melito |
| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 13 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1437919103 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Discusses how local and regional procurement (LRP) can provide opportunities to enhance U.S. food aid. In today's environment of increasing emergencies and growing global food insecurity, the U.S. and other donors face intense pressures to feed the world's expanding undernourished population. In Sept. 2008, it was reported that high food prices had resulted in the number of undernourished people reaching a record 963 million. Most bilateral donors of food aid have switched from commodity-based in-kind food aid to a cash-based food assistance program. The large majority of U.S. food assistance is for U.S.-grown commodities purchased competitively in the U.S. and shipped to recipient countries on U.S.-flag carriers. Charts and tables.
| Author | : Jennifer Clapp |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2015-10-27 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0801463939 |
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 | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Commodities and Trade Division |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 70 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
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| Author | : Institute of Medicine |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2010-03-10 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0309151953 |
In 2007 and 2008, the world witnessed a dramatic increase in food prices. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 compounded the burden of high food prices, exacerbating the problems of hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. The tandem food price and economic crises struck amidst the massive, chronic problem of hunger and undernutrition in developing countries. National governments and international actors have taken a variety of steps to mitigate the negative effects of increased food prices on particular groups. The recent abrupt increase in food prices, in tandem with the current global economic crisis, threatens progress already made in these areas, and could inhibit future efforts. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop, summarized in this volume, to describe the dynamic technological, agricultural, and economic issues contributing to the food price increases of 2007 and 2008 and their impacts on health and nutrition in resource-poor regions. The compounding effects of the current global economic downturn on nutrition motivated additional discussions on these dual crises, their impacts on the nutritional status of vulnerable populations, and opportunities to mitigate their negative nutritional effects.
| Author | : Julian Cribb |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0520271238 |
Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth
| Author | : Francis Adams |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 203 |
| Release | : 2020-11-09 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3030602559 |
This book examines the global campaign to end hunger and malnutrition. Focus is placed on the work of the United Nations which has led international efforts to improve food security in the world’s poorest countries. The book first reviews the long-term project to establish access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food as a universally recognized human right. This is followed by separate chapters that examine the nature and central causes of food insecurity in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. These chapters also review the contemporary work of three United Nations agencies – the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Fund for Agricultural Development – in providing both food aid and food assistance to each region of the developing world. This includes the provision of emergency food aid in response to natural disaster and civil conflict, as well as longer-term food assistance to promote agricultural productivity, advance rural development, and preserve natural environments. The concluding chapter considers ways to strengthen food aid and assistance in the years to come, with many of the recommendations advanced reflecting lessons learned from the actual experience of food aid and assistance described in this book.
| Author | : John Di Corrado |
| Publisher | : Nova Science Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2013-01-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9781624172090 |
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 | : McDermott, John |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2022-03-07 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0896294226 |
Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve. The impacts of the pandemic are likely to endure for years to come, with poor, marginalized, and vulnerable groups the most affected. In COVID-19 & Global Food Security: Two Years Later, the editors bring together contributions from new IFPRI research, blogs, and the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub to examine the pandemic’s effects on poverty, food security, nutrition, and health around the world. This volume presents key lessons learned on food security and food system resilience in 2020 and 2021 and assesses the effectiveness of policy responses to the crisis. Looking forward, the authors consider how the pandemic experience can inform both recovery and longer-term efforts to build more resilient food systems.
