Reports

FAO supports cash-based transfer (CT) programmes linked to agriculture and food security that promote markets and decent rural employment, and increase access to agricultural inputs, goods, services and essential infrastructure by rural populations. CTs should be…

Global Highlights The global cereal price index decreased by 19% on a year-on-year basis in the July-September 2013 quarter, driven by significant drops in nominal prices of maize (-22%), wheat (-13%) and rice (-11%). The price of…

Global food price spikes and limited household purchasing power in the face of sustained poverty have reoriented international policy attention once again to the problems of food insecurity. Cash transfers – a form of social protection…

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for the world's first malaria vaccine after trial data showed that it had cut the number of cases in African children. Read the full story on the BBC.

Nowadays, cash transfer programmes are increasingly being used as a viable response in emergency situations throughout the world. “Between 2008 and 2011 humanitarian spending on cash and voucher-based programming ranged between US$45 million and US$188 million.…

Part One. Executive Summary Introduction In any humanitarian intervention – including those using cash and vouchers – aid agencies need to identify the most appropriate, effective and efficient way of helping crisis-affected households meet their needs. In doing…

For decades, humanitarian agencies have responded to the food needs of people suffering the effects of disasters and war by providing them with in-kind food aid. This is changing. It is now accepted that cash can…

ROUND UP • The 2013 paddy season is well advanced, as the main crops have been already garnered along and south of the equator, while in the major producing countries, mostly located in the northern hemisphere, these…

Global Highlights • The global cereal price index increased by 9% on a year-on-year basis in the April-June 2013 quarter, mostly driven by nominal price rises of maize and wheat (+7% and +17%, respectively). • However, on a…

DAKAR, 26 June 2013 (IRIN) - Aid agency cash and voucher transfers in emergencies have increased significantly in recent years. The World Food Programme (WFP), for example, has tripled its distributions over the past three years. The…