When Emergencies Last for Decades - How to Improve Food Security in Protracted Crises

Fao Economic and Social Development Department

No 7EN, FAO - Economic and Social Perspectives from Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Abstract: 33 countries currently face a food security crisis, 14 of which have been in this situation for more than a decade. When emergencies continue for such extended periods of time, traditional humanitarian and development paradigms are not suitable for guiding effective responses. Rather than engaging in ad hoc relief programmes, interventions should follow longer term strategies and build on local institutions.

Keywords: rural development; hunger; food security; economic crisis; prices; agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q11 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 2 pages
Date: 2010
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