ROSA Focus n°17
Faced with soaring food prices, many national and international initiatives have been launched. Among the measures that are often recommended, supplying agricultural inputs, such as seeds and fertilisers, or subsidising them, are considered to be a priority. This Month’s highlight asks about the effectiveness of these interventions, their advantages and limits. To what extent do they contribute to stimulating agricultural production and improving food security in the short and long term? Are they appropriate for supporting the process of recovering from the crisis, and in what conditions? What are the limits and opportunities of this approach? The aim is to add to the debate and enrich the discussion, based on experience acquired over the last fifteen years, and also to improve the effectiveness of these interventions and guarantee their sustainability. The bulletin also provides a regional overview of the current food and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa with a focus on the situation in Kenya. The international news section provides information on the roundtable organised by DG ECHO on the EC’s humanitarian food assistance policy and the South-South forum on social protection responses organised by the World Bank.
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