Learning from the 2002/03 Food Crisis in Southern Africa: Lessons for the Current Year

David Tschirley (), Pedro Arlindo, Jan J. Nijhoff, Billy Mwiinga, Michael Weber and Thomas Jayne ()

No 55250, Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response in Southern Africa through the lens of the 2002/03-food crisis in the region. It outlines improvements in information and operational procedures needed to enhance the response to future events. Also discussed are national and regional trade regime changes that would reduce the need for emergency response, and consider what lessons the 2002/03 crisis may have for the role of Strategic Grain Reserves.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55250

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