Brazil’s Humanitarian Food Cooperation: From an Innovative Policy to the Politics of Traditional Aid

Thiago Lima

Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 249-274

Abstract: Brazil had donated food abroad on previous occasions, but an institutionalized humanitarian food aid policy was something innovative in its history. The original goal was to connect the produce of the small family farmers to an international humanitarian policy. However, in practice, the donations privileged the commodities of the large agribusiness farms. This article explains the political economy that diverted the policy from its original social purpose and made Brazil one of the five biggest donors of food to the World Food Program for a short period of time.

Keywords: Food aid; humanitarian cooperation; zero hunger; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/2277976020970771

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