International food aid – directions of changes

Permanently unsolved world food insecurity problem makes the international community search for solutions. One of the used methods is international food aid directed to developing countries. Long term analyses of the food aid flows allow to identify some tendencies that show: increase of emergency f...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Sapa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Life Sciences in Poznań 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
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Online Access:http://www.jard.edu.pl/tom24/zeszyt2/art_18_pl.pdf
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Summary:Permanently unsolved world food insecurity problem makes the international community search for solutions. One of the used methods is international food aid directed to developing countries. Long term analyses of the food aid flows allow to identify some tendencies that show: increase of emergency food aid and decrease of direct transfer. These tendencies also apply to the two biggest food donors i.e. the USA and the EU. The noticeable directions of changes are based on the international community initiatives, on which the national regulation are formed later.
ISSN:1899-5241
1899-5772