World Food Security: A History since 1945

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
FAO’s Origins....Pages 3-11
Food Surpluses: Historical Background....Pages 12-14
World Food Board Proposal....Pages 15-31
International Commodity Clearing House....Pages 32-36
A World Food Reserve....Pages 37-57
National Food Reserves in Developing Countries....Pages 58-64
International Commodity Agreements....Pages 65-76
Freedom from Hunger Campaign....Pages 77-84
The Development of Food Aid....Pages 85-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
World Food Crisis....Pages 115-120
World Food Conference 1974....Pages 121-149
International Undertaking on World Food Security....Pages 150-154
An International Grain Reserves System....Pages 155-158
International Emergency Food Reserve....Pages 159-162
Global Information and Early Warning System....Pages 163-164
International Trade, Stability and Agricultural Adjustment....Pages 165-166
World Food Council....Pages 167-221
ILO World Employment Conference, 1976....Pages 222-229
Food Entitlement....Pages 230-234
Pragmatism and Politics....Pages 235-258
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
World Bank Perspective....Pages 259-263
Food Subsidies....Pages 264-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
International Development Strategy for the 1990s....Pages 271-273
International Conferences....Pages 274-278
World Summit for Children, 1990....Pages 279-285
UN Conference on Environment and Development, 1992....Pages 286-298
International Conference on Water and the Environment, 1992....Pages 299-303
International Conference on Nutrition, 1992....Pages 304-312
World Conference on Human Rights, 1993....Pages 313-317
World Conference on Overcoming Global Hunger, 1993....Pages 318-320
International Conference on Population and Development, 1994....Pages 321-327
World Summit for Social Development, 1995....Pages 328-333
A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, 1995....Pages 334-339
Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995....Pages 340-346
World Food Summit, 1996....Pages 347-360
World Agricultural Trade: WTO and the Doha Ministerial Declaration, 2001....Pages 361-363
UN Millennium Summit, 2000....Pages 364-368
International Conference on Financing for Development, 2002....Pages 369-374
World Summit, 2005....Pages 375-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Redefining the Concept of Food Security....Pages 383-386
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Dimensions of Poverty and Food Insecurity....Pages 387-431
Future Action....Pages 432-461
Back Matter....Pages 462-510