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Starter Packs: A Strategy to Fight Hunger in Developing Countries? (Cabi Publishing)

By S. Levy

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0851990088, 9780851990088, 9781845930875
LCC
HD2133.5.Z8 S73 2005
Open Library ID
OL3391817M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2645045 bytes)
Pages
320\318
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Despite repeated interventions by governments, donors and NGOs in recent years, food insecurity continues and developing countries are forced to rely on food aid again and again. The original idea of Starter Pack was to give a tiny bag of agricultural inputs - fertilizer and seed - to every smallholder farmer in Malawi. Although the program did not work as originally intended, it was successful in achieving food security. The scaling down of the program was a major contributor to the food crisis which hit Malawi (and other countries in Southern Africa) at the beginning of 2002. For once, we have a success story about how hunger can be tackled efficiently. This book assesses the case of the Starter Pack program in Malawi, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere. It covers the practicalities of implementing such a large program and the policy debates.

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