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International Master Programme in Cooperation and Development. Food Aid and Trade Food Security Master CD, IUSS, University of Pavia, 2008/09 Paola Fava Maria Elena Ladron de Guevara Prakash Sharma 23 April, 2009. International Master Programme in Cooperation and Development. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Food Aid and TradeFood Aid and TradeFood SecurityFood Security
Master CD, IUSS, University of Pavia, 2008/09 Master CD, IUSS, University of Pavia, 2008/09
Paola Fava Paola Fava Maria Elena Ladron de Guevara Maria Elena Ladron de Guevara
Prakash SharmaPrakash Sharma
23 April, 200923 April, 2009
International Master Programme in Cooperation and Development
International Master Programme in Cooperation and Development
Food Aid has been one of the ways to solve food insecurity
problems over the last 60 years
840 million undernourished people in the world
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• Program– In-kind aid– Government to government transfer
• Project– As part of a specific project
• Relief or Emergency– Distributed in emergency situations – Countries facing chronic food insecurity
Food aid: types
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Main donors involved
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• Hunger?
• Political
• Economical
• Commodity Surplus: (i.e. CSSD)
Reasons for receiving Food Aid
The process
• Distribution– Big U.S. shipping companies involved
• Major commodities used as Food Aid – Cereals (90%)– Rice– Course grains
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Food Prices• Inverse relationship
How does Food Aid affect trade?
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• Emergency Food Aid-Limited effect
• Food aid can replace commercial imports
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• Dumping - Undercuts local farmers
• Prices fall:– Benefits food buyers
• Create new tastes and markets
It can destabilize local markets
Food Aid Concerns• Donor-driven system (promotes domestic
interests) • Can create dependency
• Food Aid management (corruption)
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• Food Aid is not one of the solutions to food insecurity
• Paradox: over 50% of people suffering from hunger are smallholder farmers
Our thoughts..International Master Programme in Cooperation and Development
PossibilitiesInternational Master Programme in Cooperation and Development
• Weather-resistant seeds
• Encourage transparency within governments
• The usage of local markets
• Food diversity
• Financing research for sustainable approaches and infrastructure
Thank you!Thank you!
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