Smallholder market participation: Concepts and evidence from eastern and southern Africa

CB Barrett - Food security in Africa, 2010 - elgaronline.com
Why is smallholder market participation so important to economic growth and poverty
reduction? The answer traces its origins at least to Adam Smith and David Ricardo: given a …

The economics and nutritional impacts of food assistance policies and programs

EC Lentz, CB Barrett - Food Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent evidence on malnutrition and poverty raise important questions on the role of food
assistance policies and programs. In this review article, we examine evidence on the …

[图书][B] For protection and promotion: The design and implementation of effective safety nets

M Grosh, C Del Ninno, E Tesliuc, A Ouerghi - 2008 - books.google.com
Safety nets are noncontributory transfer programs targeted to the poor or vulnerable. They
play important roles in social policy. Safety nets redistribute income, thereby immediately …

The future of charitable alternative food networks in the UK: An investigation into current challenges and opportunities for foodbanks and community markets

R Nayak, H Hartwell - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study examines the potential of charitable alternative food networks (ANFs), specifically
community markets, as a complimentary solution to existing food aid efforts in response to …

Adoption and impacts of improved post-harvest technologies on food security and welfare of maize-farming households in Tanzania: a comparative assessment

C Mutungi, J Manda, S Feleke, A Abass, M Bekunda… - Food Security, 2023 - Springer
During the last decade, post-harvest losses (PHL) reduction has been topping the agenda of
governments as a pathway for addressing food security, poverty, and nutrition challenges in …

[PDF][PDF] Food aid's intended and unintended consequences

CB Barrett - Available at SSRN 1142286, 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Food aid today is widely–and accurately–considered an instrument for addressing acute
and chronic food insecurity in low-income communities. Although the main food aid …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Ethiopia's food security program: documenting progress in the implementation of the productive safety nets programme and the household asset …

G Berhane, JF Hoddinott, N Kumar, AS Taffesse… - 2011 - cgspace.cgiar.org
The introduction to the document describing the Government of Ethiopia's Food Security
Programme 2010-2014 (GFDRE 2009a) notes that persistent food insecurity remains a …

Can food-for-work encourage agricultural production?

S Bezu, S Holden - Food policy, 2008 - Elsevier
Food-for-work (FFW) is the most widely used type of public works program in Ethiopia
through which a high share of the food aid is distributed. This paper assesses the impacts of …

Food aid, food prices, and producer disincentives in Ethiopia

G Tadesse, G Shively - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Although the short‐term aims of food aid are well conceived, strong concerns have been
voiced regarding the long‐term impacts of such aid on incentives for agricultural producers …

Food aid dependency in northeastern Ethiopia: myth or reality?

PD Little - World Development, 2008 - Elsevier
Food aid dependency among Ethiopian farmers frequently is claimed with serious policy
impacts. This article explores this assertion with reference to South Wollo, Ethiopia, one of …