Rapports

1. Executive Summary The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other Rome‐Based Agencies advocate a twin‐track approach to achieving food security (FAO, 2003). FAO supports the use of cash‐ based transfers (CTs) as…

As the COP18 Doha climate talks begin, Oxfam and IIED warn that green climate fund risks being left 'as an empty shell' Wealthy countries have not only failed to provide cash to help poor people adapt to…

FAO says rice production out pacing consumption Stocks to increase in 2013 with output gains foreseen in East Asia Bangkok, Thailand, 20 Nov 2012 -- Global rice production for 2012 is forecast to outpace consumption in 2012/13, resulting…

Food prices have averaged 8 percent lower during the first ten months of 2012 compared to the same period last year. Considerably lower international prices and freights, together with less cereal purchases are predicted to reduce global expenditures…

This bulletin examines trends in staple food and fuel prices, the cost of the basic food basket, terms of trade and consumer price indices for 70 countries in the third quarter of 2012 (July to September,…

Digital food is the future of humanitarian food assistance, says WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin who joined with agency heads and private partners in launching the innovative “Better than Cash Alliance” on the sidelines of the…

The African Development Bank, the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the World Bank have embarked on a synthesis study of a new way of looking at the Human Resources in Health (HRH) crisis in Africa: the…

While cash transfers have become a key intervention in emergencies, they also pose increased and additional risks for beneficiaries, compared with other forms of assistance. Children are particularly vulnerable, and even more so in emergencies. The impact…

This discussion paper examines the links between cash transfers and the positive and negative outcomes for children – in particular, the role cash transfers have played in protecting children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. It…

Less rainfall in India chief cause of deteriorating prospects for paddy production Bangkok, Thailand, 06 Aug 2012 -- Below normal monsoon rains in India are the chief cause of a 7.8 million tonne downward revision in the…