Leland Hunger Fellow Sara Higgins appeared on Catholic Faith Network Live to share her research on how COVID-19, conflict, extreme weather events, and economic crises have increased rates of food insecurity around the world, and what her host organization Catholic … Read more
The following is an excerpt from Shannon’s report on the process of making humanitarian assumptions when analyzing potential food crises; it highlights the data sources, common problems staff encounter in the process, and a step-by-step process for making accurate assumption. … Read more
Among the best tools available to the US Government to provide urgently needed food assistance to respond to crisis is Local and Regional Procurement (LRP). The 2008 Farm Bill created an LRP Pilot Program and mandated assessments as to whether LRP … Read more
In late 2011, Cambodia was hit with the worst flooding it had experienced in over a decade. Over 1.2 million Cambodians were affected by the floods. The flooding destroyed the rice harvest, which many Cambodians rely on for their livelihood … Read more
Brazil’s Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) policy framework was launched in 2003 with the advent of President Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva’s administration. It was created with the purpose of improving food security by integrating programs that promote agriculture, nutrition, health … Read more
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have a crucial role to play in the development of Haiti. NGOs deliver much-needed services to the population, including health care, education, food assistance and microfinance. But while the work of NGOs has undoubtedly provided relief and … Read more
The UN World Food Program is working to transfer responsibility for funding and implementing the school feeding programs it established to national governments. This is a complex and challenging process for countries that have never had a school feeding program … Read more
This paper analyzes the efforts the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Assistance Division has made to institutionalize rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program and Food for Progress programs. It identifies several … Read more
This paper discusses the findings from recent reviews of local and regional purchase (LRP) food aid projects implemented by Mercy Corps in five countries, with emphasis on time, cost and effectiveness. It then makes recommendations for funding and implementation of … Read more
Recently, local purchases aiming to directly benefit smallholder farmers have gained significant support as a development tool. While a range of approaches exist, many of the commonly held assumptions that underpin the logic of smallholder-focused local purchases need to be … Read more
