Every year, millions of the rural poor suffer from predictable and preventable seasonal hunger. This hunger is less dramatic but no less damaging than the starvation associated with famines, wars and natural disasters. Seasons of Hunger explores why the world does not react to a crisis that we know will continue year after year. Seasonal hunger is caused by annual cycles of shrinking food stocks, rising prices, and lack of income. This hidden hunger pushes millions of children to the brink of starvation every year, permanently stunting their physical and cognitive development, weakening...
Every year, millions of the rural poor suffer from predictable and preventable seasonal hunger. This hunger is less dramatic but no less damaging than...
Drawing on rigorous analysis of programmes in several African countries, as well as original research and thinking on key topical issues in the social protection discourse, this title provides a major contribution to the study of social protection in Africa.
Drawing on rigorous analysis of programmes in several African countries, as well as original research and thinking on key topical issues in the social...
