Food Security Policy in Africa Between Disaster Relief and Structural Adjustment: Reflections on the Conception and Effectiveness of Policies; The Cas

ISBN-13: 9780714641836 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 256 str.

Gabriele Geier

Opis

This book shows that the debate on food security policies has changed with the passage of time, but the bearing of socio-economic structures on the food security of African households and their individual members are still not fully recognised.

Spis treści

Introduction The Problem and the Essential Features of the Study; Part 1 Trend in the International Debate on Food Security; Chapter 1 Food Insecurity as a National Supply Problem; Chapter 2 Food Insecurity as an Access Problem; Chapter 3 Synopsis and Assessment of the International Debate; Part 2 Reflections on the Effectiveness of Policies in Relation to Various Aspects of Food Security; Chapter 4 Reflections on the Theory of Consumption: Links between Income, Demand for Food and Consumption; Chapter 5 Production for Subsistence and for the Market: the Dual Role of the African Household; Chapter 6 Conclusions for the Debate on Food Security: Food Insecurity as a Development Problem; Part 3 Food Security and Policy Interventions – the Case of Tanzania; Chapter 7 A Brief Introduction; Chapter 8 The Political and Economic Background to the Formulation of Food Security Policies; Chapter 9 Food Security Policy in Tanzania since Independence; Chapter 10 Assessment of Tanzania’s Food Security Policy and Outlook; Part 4 Development of Food Security in a Region Remote from Important Markets: Case Studies in Rukwa Region; Chapter 11 Subject of the Empirical Analysis and Methodological Approach; Chapter 12 Regional Development since Independence and Basic Structural Features of Rukwa Region; Chapter 13 Essential Aspects of Household Economics; Chapter 14 Problems Posed by the Operationalization of Food Security at Household Level; Chapter 15 Food Security System of “Typical” Home Economies; Chapter 16 Summary of the Empirical Findings; Part 5 Conclusions for the Conception of Food Security Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 17 Essential Findings of the Study; Chapter 18 Guidelines for the Conception of Food Security Policies; Chapter 19 Adjustment of One-Sided Policies and Actions; Chapter 20 Outlook: Need and Prospects for the Reorientation of Food Security Policies;

O autorze

Geier, Gabriele