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Problems in Food Security and Food Aid

Problems in Food Security and Food Aid. 3.1. 10 problems in Food Security and Food Aid Program Management. Guardian photo. Problem 1 Not enough resources to meet need.

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Problems in Food Security and Food Aid

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  1. Problems in Food Security and Food Aid 3.1

  2. 10 problems in Food Security and Food Aid Program Management Guardian photo

  3. Problem 1 Not enough resources to meet need According to data from the Ministry of Health, malaria, acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea and malnutrition are the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality among children in Angola. IFRC photo - Photo: Quintiliano dos Santos/Federation

  4. Problem 2 Poor accountability and control Ethnic Albanian refugees reach for a loaf of bread being distributed in the center of Kukes, Albania. - Washington Post photo

  5. Problem 3 Families cannot attain self-sufficiency

  6. A Food Aid Problem 20,000 people have collected in a drought-induced IDP camp in Domistan. Most of these are small rural farmers who have migrated to the outskirts of this large city seeking work and food. Several NGOs have been providing food and shelter here for the last two years. The drought is in its third year, but there are heavy snows now and the new crop in the Spring may be quite good, if people can plant wheat. • These people have no other access to food for the next 5 months • Local market prices for wheat are low, and the markets are full of internationally donated wheat. • The IDPs have consumed all of their livestock and funds. Many are deeply in debt to family members. • Outline a basic Food Aid program for this group for one year. Donors have decided to jointly fund only one consolidated program for the next year.

  7. Your flip chart should look something like this…... Food Aid Proposal by Us • 1. Goal: Blah blah blah • 2. Assumptions: Yadda, yadda, yadda, etc. • 3. Activities • 3.1…………... • 3.2…………... • 3.3……………. • 3.4……………... • 4: Inputs • 4.1……………. • 4.2…………... • 4.3………………..

  8. Problem 4 Loss, waste, and spoilage FAO photo

  9. Problem 5 Poor (or no) targeting to specific need www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/187724.jpg

  10. For the 20,000 famine- affected IDPs from the last problem… What specific targeting within this community might be required? How would you determine this?

  11. Problem 6 Innappropriate foods IOM photo - Afghanistan 2002

  12. Problem 7 Difficult logistics for delivery

  13. Problem 8 Food distribution can destabilize local farmers, markets, and relationships - reducing longer-term food security FAO photo

  14. Problem 9 No “control” over distributed items IRC photo, Jalazai Refugee Camp, 2001

  15. Distribution Pros and Cons - Fill in the Chart….. Distribute Food to: Heads of families Group or social leaders Individuals Primary School students Workers CONS PROS

  16. Problem 10 The most needy do not receive distributed food FAO photo

  17. CONCLUSIONS • Logistics form a primary part of food aid programmes, but even good logistics cannot overcome poor targeting and distribution, which may be even more difficult to solve • Distribution systems must be seen to be equitable, and still be prioritized to those most in need • Food aid should be done in ways that harm local capacities and economic structures the least.

  18. Commodity Grams (/person/day) Rice 400 Corn-Soy-Blend (unimix) 50 Pulses 50 Vegetable Oil 25 Sugar 20 OPTIONAL - Time for a little exercise! Kcal? TOTALS?:

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