The Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) is a programme of the European Union (EU) that aims ―to improve food security in favour of the poorest and the most vulnerable, and contribute to achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG), through a set of actions which ensure overall coherence, complementarity and continuity of Community interventions, including in the area of transition from relief to development‖. The EU, through FSTP, is supporting the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD) with Euro 1.3 million over 3 years with the overall purpose of achieving ―Coherent, coordinated, relevant and effective European policies for and investments in agricultural research for development that support the food security agenda―. Part of this support is for the production of three studies (of which this is one), and four policy briefs (one of which will be developed from this study).