Food Sector Instability and Food Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Food Security

摘要

The paper examines the relation between food sector instability and food insecurity and outlines ways in which food aid can be used to alleviate the situation. Chapter 2 examines how food price instability disproportionately affects the poor, while Chapter 3 examines aspects of food sector instability, emphasizing the effects of poor market integration across location (in-country or abroad), time, and products; the role of nonfarm income in helping people to cope with instability is also assessed. Chapter 4 discusses indicators to measure food sector instability, as well as to guide the use and evaluate the effectiveness of food aid. Chapter 5 then examines at length how food aid can be used to mitigate transitory food insecurity. Conclusions are offered in Chapter 6.