Chapter 6


Chapter 6:
International Policy Interventions for Improving Food
Security

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this module, participants will:

1. be aware of the approaches and possibilities of international co-operation and external
 assistance in efforts to improve food security;

2. be able to assess the role of food aid in improving food security and to identify and
 design appropriate approaches to food aid interventions in alleviating existing food
 deficits

3. be able to assess the role of other forms of international development assistance in
 support of national efforts to improve food security;

4. know about the main issues and results of the World Food Summit.


TOPICS ACTIVITIES

1. Introduction 1. Assessment of food aid requirements in
 preparation for a donors' conference.
 2. Food aid and food security
 2. Identification of the need for
 3. International development co-operation complementary external assistance in
 and food security support of national policies to improve
 food security.
 4. International trade and food security

 5. Results of the World Food Summit


 REFERENCES

 FAO, World Food Summit Papers on relevant issues (please see References)
 FAO, Committee on World Food Security, The Contribution of Food Aid to Food Security,
 Rome, Feb. 1985
 World Bank, Poverty and Hunger, Washington 1986
 World Bank & World Food Programme, Food Aid in Africa: An Agenda for the 1990s,
 Washington, D.C. and Rome, August 1991
 World Food Programme, Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes, Roles of Food
 Aid in Structural and Sector Adjustment, WFP/CFA: 23/5, Add.1, 3 April 1987.