The Challenge of Famine: Recent Experience, Lessons Learned
John Osgood Field, editor | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-018-5 $22.00 |
| 1993/279 pages/LC: 93-975 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
Could the many famine and drought crises of recent decades in Africa (and elsewhere) have been avoided? The contributors to this book answer with a firm yes, calling for a response to famine that recognizes the phenomenon not as an event, but as a process, and urging the integration of famine policy with development policy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Osgood Field is emeritus professor in the School of Nutrition at Tufts University.
CONTENTS
- Foreword—Jean Mayer.
- A Perspective on Famine.
- Introduction.
- Understanding Famine—J. O. Field.
- National and International Responses to Famine.
- Introduction.
- Drought and Famine in Africa 1981–1986: A Comparison of Impacts and Responses in Six Countries—L. Berry and T.E. Downing.
- Drought and Famine in the Pastoral Zone of the Sahel: The 1984 Drought in Niger—J. Dirck Stryker.
- Responses to Famine: Why They Are Allowed to Happen—P. Cutler.
- "Some Tragic Errors": American Policy and the Ethiopian Famine, 1981–1985—J. Shepherd.
- Famine Relief and Development.
- Introduction.
- Reducing Vulnerability to Drought and Famine: Developmental Approaches to Relief—M.B. Anderson and P.J. Woodrow.
- Coping with Crisis: Oxfam America's Disaster Responses—J.R. Charny.
- Building Capacity in the Countryside: The Role of Sahelian Voluntary Development Organizations—H.M. Adam.
- Improving Famine Detection and Response.
- Introduction.
- Information for Food: Community Famine Surveillance in Sudan— W.I. Torry.
- Using Market Prices as a Guide to Predict, Prevent, or Mitigate Famine in Pastoral Economies: A Case Study from Sudan, 1989–90—P. Ulrich.
- Beyond Relief: Toward Improved Management of Famine—J.O. Field.
