This report explores how best to implement effective land reform, based on past experience in less-developed and transitional economies. The authors discuss the potential benefits of land reform, factors that make it possible, why it is often neglected, lessons from the 20th Century, and the role of foreign donors, concluding with a proposed agenda for successful land reform in the 21st Century.
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Do land tenure reforms have a role to play in addressing this global food crisis? The answer, over the mid-term and beyond, is decidedly “Yes.” But the importance of these reforms—which bear on some of the largest groups most severely impacted—must be consciously recognized as part of the current dialogue on solutions. It is vital to recognize that the climb in world food prices is likely to be with us for a lengthy period of time, requiring far more than short-term responses. It is tim more...
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Save the Children's food distribution programs provide carefully targeted relief in emergency contexts. The reduced availability of food aid, needs to be fully addressed as the number of at risk populations increases. Save the Children's long-term programs also play a critical role in mitigating the food crisis. Two key programs — Food Security and Hunger and Malnutrition — aim to ensure that children live in food-secure households and are well-nourished.
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New Report from IFPRI Examines Priorities for Agricultural R&D Investment in East and Central Africa
This paper presents a methodology using spatial analysis and the Dynamic Research Evaluation for Management (DREAM) modeling software, which was developed by IFPRI to assess potential economic returns to agricultural R&D and guide resource allocation decisions. DREAM is applied to the East and Central African region to estimate potential economic and technological spillovers from country- and regional-level R&D investments for select commodities, based on future projections of supply and demand, more...
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'Global food prices have roughly doubled in three years.' The price increases and their impact on hunger were discussed at the World Food Summit in Rome in early June. 'The current crisis means that another 100 million hungry may join the 854 million who already lack sufficient daily nourishment. An immediate response should include policies that discourage grain hoarding, that reapportion the way food aid is delivered and that ensure that subsidies for food purchases are carefully targeted to r more...
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UNICEF’s yearly flagship report, The State of the World’s Children, launched 22 January 2008, makes a call to unite for child survival. Here is one in a series of related stories.
UNICEF and the Government of India have partnered to train auxiliary nurse-midwives and community health workers in Lalitipur.
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Food security has always been an issue in many developing countries and this is a major global concern. Unusual climate condition, water and fuel crisis, feed for livestock etc. are now creating more uncertainties about the conditions under which food will be available in the global economy. Food prices have recently risen dramatically across the world. The main impacts are being felt in poorer developing countries where up to 90% of household income is spent on food.
Australian Government a more...
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