USAID criticized the old system because it delivered cheap food to the wrong people, and because 65 per cent of the food leaked on to the market. The key questions about the implementation of the new system are: who gets the ration ...
Author: Henry Bernstein
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781134157945
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 224
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Wasteful over-consumption (by some) in the developed countries and the continuing, in some cases worsening, hunger of millions in the Third World is a dramatic indication that food problems are urgent. Anger is not enough and this book, which comes from the research group on Development Policy and Practice in the Open University (DPP), aims to provide some of the analytical tools needed for serious action. Case studies to show ways in which food aid has been used by donor countries for political ends; descriptions of the relationships between markets and human needs; articles on the problems associated with the feminization of poverty; pieces on patterns and trends of food production; analysis of land reform; an evaluation of the effects of biotechnology are all part of this rich and lively collection of articles written specially for this book.
