Fit for purpose? Rethinking food security responses in protracted humanitarian crises

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Maxwell, Daniel ^a   Webb, Patrick ^a   Coates, Jennifer ^a   Wirth, James ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Food price crisis; Food security; Relief to development; Social protection

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER RELIEF; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; HUMANITARIAN AID; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77950859501     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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