Christoph
27-07-06, 14:28
Global Trends in Food Aid
Operational agencies face increasing challenges in the programming of food aid. Globally, the international community has committed itself to the Millennium Development Goals—the first of which is cutting by half the number of food insecure people in the world.
Food aid is a critical component of the strategy to meet this goal. But while food aid is a key component of humanitarian response to complex emergencies, its use in other programming contexts is subject to numerous constraints and criticisms. And even in humanitarian emergencies, the food aid response is often late, unreliable, and out of proportion to other, equally important elements of response to protect human dignity.
This paper reviews some salient global trends affecting the future of food aid and food aid programming, focusing on trends that shape the availability and usage of food aid, and its complementarity with other resources.
Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Operational agencies face increasing challenges in the programming of food aid. Globally, the international community has committed itself to the Millennium Development Goals—the first of which is cutting by half the number of food insecure people in the world.
Food aid is a critical component of the strategy to meet this goal. But while food aid is a key component of humanitarian response to complex emergencies, its use in other programming contexts is subject to numerous constraints and criticisms. And even in humanitarian emergencies, the food aid response is often late, unreliable, and out of proportion to other, equally important elements of response to protect human dignity.
This paper reviews some salient global trends affecting the future of food aid and food aid programming, focusing on trends that shape the availability and usage of food aid, and its complementarity with other resources.
Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)