Founded by the European Union, FAO and WFP at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, the Global Network Against Food Crises is an alliance of humanitarian and development actors working together to prevent, prepare for, and respond to food crises and
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Founded by the European Union, FAO and WFP at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, the Global Network Against Food Crises is an alliance of humanitarian and development actors working together to prevent, prepare for, and respond to food crises and
The GRFC 2020 reported the highest global number of acutely food-insecure people on record.
The number of people in crisis or worse in 2019 was the highest in the four years of the GRFC's existence, reflecting worsening acute food insecurity and the growing severity of drought and economic shocks as drivers.
The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), released annually, provides a consensus-based view of the numbers of people in urgent need of assistance for food, nutrition and livelihood support at the worst point during the previous year.
The Global Report on Food Crises is accepted as the reference document on the latest estimates of acute hunger in the world.
This report includes specific findings on the number of food insecure and vulnerable people in the country, the geographic distribution of the food insecure and vulnerable groups, their characteristics, their capacity to manage shocks, and the dri
Comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis: Nigeria
The Nigerian Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an in-depth assessment of the food security situation within Nigeria.
Owing to a succession of crises and worsening poverty, food security in Egypt started to deteriorate as early as 2005.
Owing to a succession of crises and worsening poverty, food security in Egypt started to deteriorate as early as 2005.
Food aid and dependency
The impact of feeding children in school
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) evaluated the FFE programme based on surveys of households and schools conducted in 2000.
Operations research
Given the large amount of funds allocated to food-assisted Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) programmes. . .it is critical to improve their effectiveness. Operations research holds promise for helping achieve this goal.
Using food aid to empower communities
...IFPRI examined the effectiveness of community-based targeting following three recent emergencies: the 1998 floods in Bangladesh; the 2002 drought in Ethiopia; and the 2001-02 failed maize harvest in Malawi."" -- From text
Redefining the role of food aid
The principal objective of food aid, besides responding to needs created by conflict, and other disasters, should be to provide an insurance function for those events for which existing insurance mechanisms function poorly
A study of food aid leakage in Bangladesh
The estimated average leakage in the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme due to short ration and undercoverage is 8 percent of the total wheat allotment.
In Ethiopia, while superficial examination suggests strong disincentive effects of food aid on labor supply and agricultural activities, these largely vanish under more careful statistical analysis."" -- from Text