Chapter 14 Improving the Effectiveness of US Assistance in Transforming the Food Security Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Tables and Boxes ix
5. Foreword xi
6. Acknowledgements xiii
7. Acronyms and Abbreviations xv
8. The Food Crisis and Global Governance 1
9. The Causal Factors behind the Food Crisis
10. The Blame Game 13
11. The 1974 and 2008 Food Price Crises 29
12. Responding to Food Price Volatility and Vulnerability 43
13. US Biofuels Policy and the Global Food Price Crisis 59
14. Immediate Governance Challenges and Proposals: Food Aid, Trade Measures, and International Grain Reserves
15. Responding to the 2008 “Food Crisis” 79
16. Preparing for an Uncertain Global Food Supply 95
17. From Food Handouts to Integrated Food Policies 105
18. The Uses of Crisis 113
19. Longer-Term Ecological Concerns and Governance Responses
20. The Impact of Climate Change on Nutrition 129
21. Fossil Energy and the Biophysical Roots of the Food Crisis 145
22. Setting the Global Dinner Table 161
23. Strategies to Promote Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture: The Way Ahead
24. A Stronger Global Architecture for Food and Agriculture 179
25. Improving the Effectiveness of US Assistance in Transforming the Food Security Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa 193
26. Urban Agriculture and Changing Food Markets 205
27. Reorienting Local and Global Food Systems 217
28. The Governance Challenges of Improving Global Food Security 237
29. Notes on Contributors 251
30. Index 255
31. Books in the Studies in International Governance Series 269