Research Brief: Cash, Local Purchase, And/Or Imported Food Aid?: Market Information and Food Insecurity Response Analysis

Author(s):  
Daniel G. Maxwell ◽  
Erin Lentz ◽  
Christopher B. Barrett
Food Security ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Barrett ◽  
Robert Bell ◽  
Erin C. Lentz ◽  
Daniel G. Maxwell

Food Security ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hope Michelson ◽  
Erin C. Lentz ◽  
Richard Mulwa ◽  
Mitchell Morey ◽  
Laura Cramer ◽  
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Author(s):  
Archontoula Dalma ◽  
Athanassios Petralias ◽  
Thomas Tsiampalis ◽  
Stavros Nikolakopoulos ◽  
Afroditi Veloudaki ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-218
Author(s):  
Yara M. Asi

Food aid is a common response to the food insecurity brought by conflict and inadequate development. Yet the very well-intentioned actions that are meant to stave off immediate humanitarian crises may, in the long-term, serve as tools that promote dependence, decrease the likelihood of sustainable development, and make peace less possible. In this article, I examine food insecurity and food aid in the conflict-affected Palestinian territories. I will describe ways in which Palestinian efforts to localise food production and increase food security are actively hindered, as well as how the system of humanitarian food assistance meant to fill these gaps may in fact perpetuate them. Finally, I discuss policy recommendations for stakeholders in the conflict that can encourage Palestinian food sovereignty in a manner that increases prospects for long-term peace and development, while providing immediate benefits for Palestinian quality of life and well-being.


Significance Areas of South Sudan were once predicted to become the ‘food basket’ of East Africa, making the country a net exporter of agricultural produce. However, even before independence in 2011, the government did little to increase agricultural output. Meanwhile, severe under-development, armed conflict and resulting displacement of civilians have together meant that food insecurity has been a persistent feature of life for many. Localised intensifications in fighting, disruptions to market routes and obstructions by parties to conflict have recently caused increases in food insecurity, tipping some of the population into famine conditions. Impacts Conflict has resulted in displacements, limiting subsistence agricultural activity. Poor economic management, leading to high and rising inflation, has rendered the food in the markets unaffordable to most of the population. Political forces have actively prevented food aid from reaching those in need, exacerbating the famine.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariam Hussein

This paper looks into the necessity of a global governance system for food security from a "humane" side, with a focus on countries and MNCs. It also explores potential mechanisms to drive MNCs involvement in the global governance of food security into a more inclusive path. Furthermore, the paper explores a more sustainable side to globally governing food security. All in all, this paper calls for the reshaping of a global governance system that better matches the root causes of food insecurity, rather than tries to solve hunger with food aid and provision. The solution starts with asking the right questions. The global governance system should adopt a sole human rights framework while addressing food insecurity. It should acknowledge that questions such as “for whose benefit?” is just as important as “how to produce more?”. Although effective, International Governmental Organizations should further consider how global rules affect different people, who will bear the risks, who will get the benefits from changes, who remain disempowered, and whose ability to control is neglected or enhanced. Global food policy should not just be feeding people, but rather feeding them equitably, appropriately, and sustainably. This brings about a new global food regime that’s integrative of the human right to food.


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