Food Security Policy in Africa Between

According to the FAO, one person in three in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from malnutrition, and one in seven is in danger of dying. Most African countries no longer seem capable of ensuring that their people have access to sufficient food. Given the failure of past efforts the objectives of food security policies and their effectiveness have to be reconsidered. This book shows that the debate on food security policies has changed with the passage of time. The entitlement debate triggered by A. Sen had a major influence on this change but, the bearing of socio-economic structures on the food security of African households and their individual members are still not fully recognised.

Gabriele Geier is Senior Country Officer (Egypt) at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Introduction: The Problem and the Essential Features of the Study	p. 1
Trend in the International Debate on Food Security	p. 7
Food Insecurity as a National Supply Problem	p. 8
Food Insecurity as an Access Problem	p. 14
Synopsis and Assessment of the International Debate	p. 21
Reflections on the Effectiveness of Policies in Relation to Various Aspects of Food Security	p. 27
Reflections on the Theory of Consumption: Links between Income, Demand for Food and Consumption	p. 29
Production for Subsistence and for the Market: the Dual Role of the African Household	p. 42
Conclusions for the Debate on Food Security: Food Insecurity as a Development Problem	p. 63
Food Security and Policy Interventions - the Case of Tanzania	p. 73
A Brief Introduction	p. 73
The Political and Economic Background to the Formulation of Food Security Policies	p. 76
Food Security Policy in Tanzania since Independence	p. 80
Assessment of Tanzania's Food Security Policy and Outlook	p. 99
Development of Food Security in a Region Remote from Important Markets: Case Studies in Rukwa Region	p. 102
Subject of the Empirical Analysis and Methodological Approach	p. 102
Regional Development since Independence and Basic Structural Features of Rukwa Region	p. 105
Essential Aspects of Household Economics	p. 115
Problems Posed by the Operationalization of Food Security at Household Level	p. 124
Food Security System of "Typical" Home Economies	p. 127
Summary of the Empirical Findings	p. 146
Conclusions for the Conception of Food Security Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 150
Essential Findings of the Study	p. 151
Guidelines for the Conception of Food Security Policies	p. 154
Adjustment of One-Sided Policies and Actions	p. 160
Outlook: Need and Prospects for the Reorientation of Food Security Policies	p. 166
Notes	p. 173
Annex: 1 Implications of the bargaining effect for household food demand	p. 207
Annex: 2 Maps: Tanzania	p. 209
Maps: The villages selected	p. 210
Annex: 3 Data sheet on Tanzania	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 221
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