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Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa aims to contribute towards an improved understanding for more effective food security policy. This book brings together eleven substantial chapters on critical food security issues, and draws on a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from agricultural economics to nutrition.
List of contents
Introduction; Chapter 1: The Evolution of Thinking about Food Security; Simon Maxwell; Food Security: A Closer Look Three Paradigm Shifts; Five Phases of Food Security Policy and Practice; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Agricultural Issues in Food Security; Simon Maxwell; Changing Thinking about Agriculture; Food Security Issues in Agricultural Development; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Household Food and Livelihood Security; Jeremy Swift and Kate Hamilton; Characteristics of Food Insecure Environments in Dryland Africa; Household Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Pastoral and Urban Areas; Widening the Analysis from Food to Livelihood Security; Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Food Security and the Environment; Susanna Moorehead; Concepts and Definitions; Theoretical Issues; Policy Issues; Chapter 5: Famine in Africa; Stephen Devereux; What is Famine? Why do Famines Happen? The Evolution of Famine in Africa; Famine 'Coping Strategies'; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Food Marketing; Bob Baulch; Functions of Markets and Marketing; Agricultural Marketing Enterprises; The Role of the Public Sector in Food Marketing; Case Study: Maize Liberalisation in Tanzania; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Food Aid and Trade; Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan; What is it All About? Concepts and Definitions; Recent Trends; How May the World Policy Environment Change? Implications for Food Security in Africa; Chapter 8: Food Security Information Systems; Stephen Devereux; Early Warning Systems; Food Security Information Systems; Market Information Systems; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Nutrition; Helen Young; What is Malnutrition, and Who is Affected? What Causes Malnutrition and How Has this Influenced Response? A Conceptual Framework of the Underlying Causes of Malnutrition; Strategies to Address Malnutrition; Challenges for the Future; Chapter 10: Transfers and Safety Nets; Stephen Devereux; What? Why? Why Not? Who? Which? How to Evaluate? Conclusion; Chapter 11: Organisational Issues in Food Security Planning; Simon Maxwell; A Theoretical Perspective; Lessons of Experience; Conclusion
About the author
Stephen Devereux is a development economist at IDS Sussex. He is the author of Theories of Famine and has a long interest in food security and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Simon Maxwell is currently Director of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London. He previously worked overseas for ten years, in Kenya, India and Bolivia; and from 1981-1997 was a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, latterly as Programme Manager for Poverty, Food Security and the Environment.
