Rethinking Food Aid in a Chronically Food-Insecure Region
Effects of Food Aid on Local Power Relations and Vulnerability Patterns in Northwestern Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11470608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigrid Nagoda (International Institute for Environment and Development, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IDS Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-5012 • E-ISSN: 1759-5436 |
| Publisher | Institute of Development Studies (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.19088/1968-2017.156 |
| OpenAlex | W2743818415 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The impacts of repeated food aid programmes on households’ livelihood strategies and capacity to adapt to stressors such as climate change were investigated in the chronically food-insecure district of Humla in Nepal, using food security as an entry point for analysing vulnerability. The study questions food aid as a tool to reduce vulnerability, and argues that it may indirectly impede the enhancement of food security by reinforcing inequalities and local power structures that drive household vulnerability. The article concludes that a refocus addressing the socialdynamics that shape local vulnerability patterns is needed before food aid can contribute to enhancing households’ long-term adaptive capacity
Adaptive capacity · Agriculture · Business · Climate change · Computer security · Development economics · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Food aid · Food insecurity · Food security · Food systems · Geography · Livelihood · Psychological resilience · Vulnerability assessment · Agricultural risk and resilience · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |