Providing Food Security For All

Abstract

Part 1 Concept and elements of food security: The concept of food security - why food insecurity?, famines and relief what about the future? - elements of food security. Part 2 Production and supply: food staple and cereal production consumption self-sufficiency ratios adequacy of consumption food security status filling the consumption gap variability of food prices. Part 3 Factors contributing to domestic production: sources of growth and variability of production - an overview the regional setting resource base and environmental concerns input supply credit research and extension marketing pricing and distribution manpower women and household food security traditional crop development. Part 4 Entitlement: distribution of landholdings landlessness and near-landlessness land reform - an answer to access and landlessness? poverty, employment and real wages household coping strategies emergency food relief emergency production support for rehabilitation general and targetted approaches to food assistance evolution of food aid by use stabilization of prices and income micro-enterprises livestock and fisheries production participation - a key to entitlement food entitlement and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Part 5 The macro-economic environment and food security: internal macro-economic environment external macro-economic environment internal and international structural adjustments and food security the world beyond - North South and South-South relations. Part 6 Options for the future: general policies targetted policies at the international level regional policies. Part 7 A final word. Annexes: country groups growth rates food security index (food supply status, food supply trends, food production trend) internal balance status of developing countries nominal and real agricultural interest rates external balance status of developing countries export prices of cereals and soybeans export prices of selected food commodities, 1985-88 long-term net aggregate flows and net transfers to developing countries employment.