Food aid for food security and economic development

Food aid plays an important role in the economies of the developing countries of the world. Total food aid to the developing countries currently amounts to about 2.5 billion a year, and accounts for 9.4 per cent of all official development assistance. The purpose of this paper is to examine food aid's contribution to the dual objectives of food security and economic growth in the developing world. It begins by reviewing the statistical record of food aid since the early 1960s. The paper then analyses the important contribution that food aid can make to food security, economic development, nutrition and employment in the low-income countries of the world. In these sections particular emphasis is placed on the role of food aid in Asia and Africa. The paper concludes that food aid can, and does, help provide the means needed to protect (and rise) the consumption status and labour productivity of the poor

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	93133 Mellor, J.W.
Format:	biblioteca
Subjects:	SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA, AYUDA ALIMENTARIA, DESARROLLO ECONOMICO, NUTRICIÓN, EMPLEO, INGRESO NACIONAL, POBREZA, ASIA, AFRICA, PAISES EN DESARROLLO,
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