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Food security - Briefs

[Updated: March 21, 2012]

This is a new section of the DDRN website where you can find briefs on food security - one of the current focal themes of DDRN.


Ensuring the Success of Feed the Future: Analysis and Recommendations on Gender Integration. The Chicago Council Global Agricultural Development Initiative Briefing Paper, by Ritu Sharma, March 2012.


Measuring aid to agriculture and food security. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Briefing Paper 72, by Lídia Cabral and John Howell, February 2012.


Was the global food crisis really a crisis? International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Research Brief, by Derek Headey, December 2011.


Mainstreaming environment and climate change: Agriculture. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) brief, April 2011.


Removing Barriers to Global and Regional Trade in Agriculture. Global Harvest Initiative policy issue brief 2, May 2011.


Rising food prices and inflation in the Asia-Pacific region: causes, impact and policy response. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (MPDD) Policy Brief No. 7, March 2011.


Urgent Actions Needed to Prevent Recurring Food Crises. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief 16, by Shenggen Fan, Maximo Torero, and Derek Heade, March 2011.


Agriculture-Associated Diseases: Adapting Agriculture to Improve Human Health. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 Conference Brief 18, by John McDermott and Delia Grace, February 2011.


The food system and its interaction with health and nutrition. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 Conference Brief 13, by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, February 2011.


Gender: A Key Dimension Linking Agricultural Programs to Improved Nutrition and Health. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 conference brief 9, by Ruth Meinzen-Dick et al., January 2011.


Biofortification: Leveraging Agriculture to Reduce Hidden Hunger. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2020 conference brief 19, by Howarth Bouis and Yassir Islam, February 2011.


Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Policy Brief, by Calestous Juma, January 2011.


Agriculture at the Crossroads: Guaranteeing Food Security in a Changing Global Climate. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Policy brief no 18, December 2010.


The role of emerging countries in global food security. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief 15, by Shenggen Fan and Joanna Brzeska, December 2010.


Food price transmission: rising international cereals prices and domestic markets. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) brief no. 48, by S. Keats, S. Wiggins, J. Compton and M. Vigneri, October 2010.



Food commodities speculation and food price crises - Regulation to reduce the risks of price volatility. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Righ to Food briefing note no. 2, by Olivier de Schutter, September 2010.


Liberalizing foodgrains markets - Experiences, impact and lessons from South Asia. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) issue brief 64, by A. Ganesh-Kumar, D. Roy and A. Gulati, August 2010.


Food aid and food assistance in emergency and transitional contexts - A review of current thinking. Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) synthesis policy brief, by Paul Harvey, Karen Proudlock, Edward Clay, Barry Riley and Susanne Jaspars, July 2010.



Sustainable Biofuels Crops and Access in Developing Countries. Policy Innovation Systems for Clean Energy Security (PISCES) Working Brief No. 2, June 2009.


Harvesting agriculture’s multiple benefits: Mitigation, Adaptation, Development and Food Security. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) policy brief, December 2009.


Green fertilizers can boost food security in Africa. World Agroforestry Centre ICRAF Policy Brief No. 2, by G. Sileshi, O.C. Ajayi, F.K. Akinnifesi, and F. Place, 2009.


Fertiliser subsidies and social cash transfers - complementary or competing instruments for reducing vulnerability to hunger? Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) Frontiers of Social Protection brief no. 1, by Frank Ellis, 2009.


Climate change and the threat to African food security. Joto Africa: adapting to climate change in Africa, Briefing series, Issue 1, July 2009.



Sustaining and Accelerating Africa's Agricultural Growth Recovery in the Context of Changing Global Food Prices. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief No. 09, by Ousmane Badiane, November 2008.


Implementing Physical and Virtual Food Reserves to Protect the Poor and Prevent Market Failure. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief No. 10, by Joachim von Braun and Maximo Torero, February 2009.


Globalization of Food and Agriculture and the Poor. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Issue Brief No. 52, by Joachim von Braun and Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, September 2008.


Food Security in Protracted Crises: What Can Be Done? Food Security Information for Action (FAO project) Policy Brief, December 2008.


The challenge of hunger: the 2008 Global Hunger Index. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Issue Brief 54, by Klaus von Grebmer et al., October 2008.


Global Food Crises: Monitoring and Assessing Impact to Inform Policy Responses. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Issue Brief No. 55, by T. Benson, N. Minot, J. Pender, M. Robles, J. von Braun, October 2008.


Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Price Crisis. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief No. 007, by A. Quisumbing, R. Meinzen-Dick, and L. Bassett with contributions by M. Usnick, L. Pandolfelli, C. Morden, and H. Alderman, October 2008.


Lessons from the food crisis: patchwork will not mend our vulnerable system. South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights, Issue 17, by Viviana Muñoz Tellez, June 2008.



High Food Prices: The What, Who, and How of Proposed Policy Actions. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Policy Brief, by Joachim von Braun et al, May 2008. Spanish. French. Chinese.


Rising food prices: A global crisis. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Briefing Paper 37, by Steve Wiggins and Stephanie Levy, April 2008.


Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development. Chatham House Food Supply Project Briefing paper by Alex Evans, Centre on International Cooperation, April 2008.


Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development. Chatham House Food Supply Project Briefing paper by Alex Evans, Centre on International Cooperation, April 2008.


     
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