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Food security - Briefs[Updated: August 12, 2010] This is a new section of the DDRN website where you can find briefs on food security - one of the current focal themes of DDRN. Food aid and food assistance in emergency and transitional contexts - A review of current thinking. Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) synthesis policy brief, by Paul Harvey, Karen Proudlock, Edward Clay, Barry Riley and Susanne Jaspars, July 2010. People-centred resilience: Working with farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security. Oxfam briefing paper no. 135, November 2009. Sustainable Biofuels Crops and Access in Developing Countries. Policy Innovation Systems for Clean Energy Security (PISCES) Working Brief No. 2, June 2009. Harvesting agriculture’s multiple benefits: Mitigation, Adaptation, Development and Food Security. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) policy brief, December 2009. Green fertilizers can boost food security in Africa. World Agroforestry Centre ICRAF Policy Brief No. 2, by G. Sileshi, O.C. Ajayi, F.K. Akinnifesi, and F. Place, 2009. Fertiliser subsidies and social cash transfers - complementary or competing instruments for reducing vulnerability to hunger? Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) Frontiers of Social Protection brief no. 1, by Frank Ellis, 2009. Climate change and the threat to African food security. Joto Africa: adapting to climate change in Africa, Briefing series, Issue 1, July 2009. Rice land grabs undermine food sovereignty in Africa. Grain paper, January 2009. Sustaining and Accelerating Africa's Agricultural Growth Recovery in the Context of Changing Global Food Prices. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief No. 09, by Ousmane Badiane, November 2008. Implementing Physical and Virtual Food Reserves to Protect the Poor and Prevent Market Failure. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief No. 10, by Joachim von Braun and Maximo Torero, February 2009. Globalization of Food and Agriculture and the Poor. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Issue Brief No. 52, by Joachim von Braun and Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, September 2008. Food Security in Protracted Crises: What Can Be Done? Food Security Information for Action (FAO project) Policy Brief, December 2008. The challenge of hunger: the 2008 Global Hunger Index. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Issue Brief 54, by Klaus von Grebmer et al., October 2008. Global Food Crises: Monitoring and Assessing Impact to Inform Policy Responses. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Issue Brief No. 55, by T. Benson, N. Minot, J. Pender, M. Robles, J. von Braun, October 2008. Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Price Crisis. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief No. 007, by A. Quisumbing, R. Meinzen-Dick, and L. Bassett with contributions by M. Usnick, L. Pandolfelli, C. Morden, and H. Alderman, October 2008. Lessons from the food crisis: patchwork will not mend our vulnerable system. South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights, Issue 17, by Viviana Muñoz Tellez, June 2008. Food Security and Climate Change: The answer is biodiversity - A review of scientific publications on climate change adaptation in agriculture. Greenpeace report by Janet Cotter and Reyes Tirado, June 2008. High Food Prices: The What, Who, and How of Proposed Policy Actions. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief, by Joachim von Braun et al, May 2008. Spanish. French. Chinese. Rising food prices: A global crisis. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Briefing Paper 37, by Steve Wiggins and Stephanie Levy, April 2008. Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development. Chatham House Food Supply Project Briefing paper by Alex Evans, Centre on International Cooperation, April 2008. Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development. Chatham House Food Supply Project Briefing paper by Alex Evans, Centre on International Cooperation, April 2008. Bio-fuelling poverty: why the EU renewable-fuel target may be disastrous for poor people. Oxfam briefing note by R. Bailey, November 1, 2007. |
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2 upcoming CCTF eventsThe Climate Change Task Force is organising two workshops to be held in Copenhagen in October and November 2010. Updated DDRN publication!Background on the Debates and Documentation of Research on Climate Change and Food Security in Southern Africa. DDRN report by Katharine Vincent and Tracy Cull, February 2009. Tables updated: June 2010. |