THE STATE
OF FOOD
AND
AGRICULTURE
2006

Food Aid for Food Security?

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    FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword   (Download  536 Kb)
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Explanatory note

PART I - FOOD AID FOR FOOD SECURITY?

1.Introduction and overview   (Download  308 Kb)

Food aid and food security
Overview and summary of the report

2. Framing the debate (Download  132 Kb)

Food aid programming
Food aid governance
Food aid in the context of food security
Conclusions

3. Economic controversies over food aid (Download  96 Kb)

Livelihoods and food aid
Does food aid cause "dependency"?
Does food aid undermine local agriculture?
Does food aid disrupt commercial trade?
Conclusions

4. Food aid in emergency resonse (Download  100 Kb)

Sudden-onset emergencies
Slow-onset emergencies
Complex and protracted crises
Conclusions
Key findings

5. Policy gaps in complex emergencies (Download  120 Kb)

Policy gaps
Challenges in decision-making and response
Improving decision-making and response
Conclusions

6. Conclusions (Download  60 Kb)

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION   Food sovereignty and the right to food should guide food aid reform: a view from civil society

PART II - WORLD AND REGIONAL REVIEW: FACTS AND FIGURES (Download  348 Kb)

1. Trends in undernourishment
2. Food emergencies and food aid
3. External assistance to agriculture
4. Crop, livestock and food production
5. World cereal supply situation
6. International commodity price trends
7. Agricultural trade
8. Fisheries: Production, Utilization and Trade
9. Forestry

PART III - STATISTICAL ANNEX (Download   312 Kb )

Notes on the annex tables
Table A1 Countries and territories used for statistical purposes in this publication
Table A2 Food security and nutrition
Table A3 Agricultural production and productivity
Table A4 Population and labour force indicators
Table A5 Land use
Table A6 Trade indicators
Table A7 Economic indicators
Table A8 Total factor productivity

References  (Download  160 Kb)
Special chapters of The State of Food and Agriculture
Selected publications

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