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Food Aid: A Primer

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  • Sarah Lowder
  • Terri Raney

    (Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization)

Abstract

As an introduction to food aid this paper reviews various definitions of food aid and terminology used by practitioners and academics. It also briefly examines the size of food aid relative to Official Development Assistance, trade and food production in recipient countries and recognizes that in many instances food aid may play an important role in issues related to food security. Lastly, it summarizes actions taken by various international organizations to limit possible trade distortion resulting from food aid.

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  • Sarah Lowder & Terri Raney, 2005. "Food Aid: A Primer," Working Papers 05-05, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA).
    • Handle: RePEc:fao:wpaper:0505
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    • Lowder, Sarah K. & Raney, Terri, 2005. "Food aid: a primer," ESA Working Papers 289073, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).

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    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Burchi & Sara Turchetti, 2010. "Food Aid Delivery: Good and Bad Practices," QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, Associazione Rossi Doria, issue 3, September.
    2. Nicole Jackson & Megan Konar & Arjen Y. Hoekstra, 2015. "The Water Footprint of Food Aid," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(6), pages 1-22, May.

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    Keywords

    Food aid; Food security; Trade; World Food Programme; Official Development Assistance; International Organizations.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • P45 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - International Linkages
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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