International Food Assistance
Title | International Food Assistance PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Melito |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2009-11 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1437917941 |
The U.S. approach of providing in-kind food aid has assisted millions of hungry people for more than 50 years. But, there have been reports on limitations to its efficiency and effectiveness. To improve U.S. food assistance, Congress has authorized some funding for local and regional procurement (LRP) -- donors' purchase of food aid in countries affected by food crises or in a country within the same region. Through analysis of agency documents, interviews with agency officials, experts, and practitioners, and fieldwork in four African countries, this report examines: (1) LRP's impact on the efficiency of food aid delivery; (2) its impact on economies where food is procured; and (3) U.S. legal requirements that could affect agencies' use of LRP. Illus.
Uniting on Food Assistance
Title | Uniting on Food Assistance PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher B. Barrett |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2011-12-20 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 113651919X |
This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities. We pay particular attention to how these trends shape and are shaped by European Union (EU) and United States (U.S.) food assistance policy and practice, and highlight the principles to which donors can adhere to move international food assistance forward.
International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
Title | International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight PDF eBook |
Author | Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 2010-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 143792347X |
The number of individuals experiencing hunger has grown to more than 1 billion worldwide in 2009, due to the global economic crisis. International food assistance includes both emergency food aid and long-term food security programs. Due to rising food prices, increasing conflicts, poverty, and natural disasters, in 2007, a record 47 countries -- 27 in Africa -- faced food crises requiring emergency assistance. To address these emergencies, countries provide food aid as part of a humanitarian response to address acute hunger through either in-kind donations of food or cash donations. This report: updates U.S. agencies' responses to previous international food assistance recommendations; and identifies potential oversight questions for Congress. Illustrations.
International Food Aid Programs
Title | International Food Aid Programs PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa D. Ho |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1437929680 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The U.S. has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food security through internat. food aid activities. The development and implementation of a U.S. global food security initiative, and commitments made by global leaders to support agr. develop., have increased Congress¿s focus on U.S. internat. food aid programs. Contents of this report: (1) Program Descriptions: Food for Peace Act; Sect. 416(b); Food for Progress; McGovern-Dole Internat. Food for Educ. and Child Nutrition Program; Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust; (2) Funding of Food Aid; (3) Issues for Congress: Aid Effectiveness; Demand-Driven Aid Strategies; Cash vs. Commodities: Local or Regional Procurement. Illus.
International Food Aid
Title | International Food Aid PDF eBook |
Author | John Di Corrado |
Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
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.
International Food Assistance
Title | International Food Assistance PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Melito |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 63 |
Release | 2010-04 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1437923364 |
The Political History of American Food Aid
Title | The Political History of American Food Aid PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Riley |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 593 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0190228873 |
American food aid to foreigners long has been the most visible-and most popular-means of providing humanitarian aid to millions of hungry people confronted by war, terrorism and natural cataclysms and the resulting threat-often the reality-of famine and death. The book investigates the little-known, not-well-understood and often highly-contentious political processes which have converted American agricultural production into tools of U.S. government policy. In The Political History of American Food Aid, Barry Riley explores the influences of humanitarian, domestic agricultural policy, foreign policy, and national security goals that have created the uneasy relationship between benevolent instincts and the realpolitik of national interests. He traces how food aid has been used from the earliest days of the republic in widely differing circumstances: as a response to hunger, a weapon to confront the expansion of bolshevism after World War I and communism after World War II, a method for balancing disputes between Israel and Egypt, a channel for disposing of food surpluses, a signal of support to friendly governments, and a means for securing the votes of farming constituents or the political support of agriculture sector lobbyists, commodity traders, transporters and shippers. Riley's broad sweep provides a profound understanding of the complex factors influencing American food aid policy and a foundation for examining its historical relationship with relief, economic development, food security and its possible future in a world confronting the effects of global climate change.