""The current global agreement governing food aid—the Food Aid Convention (FAC)—will expire in 2007.

We explore how globalization, broadly conceived to include international humanrights norms, humanitarianism, and alternative trade, might influence peaceful and foodsecure outlooks and outcomes.

In the current “nutrition transition,” the consumption of high-calorie, nutrient-poor foods high in fats and sweeteners is increasing throughout the developing world.

The current global agreement governing food aid—the Food Aid Convention (FAC)—will expire in 2007. It has come under heavy criticism as has the diffuse set of broader food aid governance institutions that has emerged in the last 50 years.

""For more than two centuries, proponents and critics of an open global economy have debated whether the free flows of goods, services, and capital make the world more peaceful and food secure or instead exacerbate inequalities and hards

""We explore how globalization, broadly conceived to include international humanrights norms, humanitarianism, and alternative trade, might influence peaceful and foodsecure outlooks and outcomes.

"Eating habits and dietary intakes are changing rapidly in the urban areas of the developing world, including in the countries of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS).

""In a ""nutrition transition"", the consumption of foods high in fats and sweeteners is increasing throughout the developing world.