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Food and agricultural policy trends after the 2008 food security crisis : renewed attention to agricultural development







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    Food and Agricultural Policy Trends after the 2008 Food Security Crisis: Renewed Attention to Agricultural Development 2011
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    The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the policy swings observed in 2008 were confirmed in the following years, by collecting and analysing information on decisions of both short and long-term food and agriculture policies. As in the 2008 paper, policy responses here are categorised into three groups: producer-oriented, consumer-oriented, and trade oriented policy decisions. The classification of policies has been further elaborated in detail and broadened to accommodate long-term orie nted decisions.
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    Food and agriculture policy decisions - Trends, emerging issues and policy alignments since the 2007/08 food security crisis 2013
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    The report reviews a broad range of food security and agricultural development policy decisions implemented over the period 2007 to 2012 in more than 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Selected policy decisions were analysed following FAPDA’s classification, dividing policy decisions into three main categories: producer-oriented policies, consumer-oriented policies, as well as trade-oriented and macroeconomic policies. Policy decisions reviewed included those most deb ated and most frequently implemented since the 2007/08 food price crisis. The report finds that the initial responses to the crisis tended to address immediate food security concerns with short-term, ad-hoc measures. Over the following years however, policy decisions reflected a more long-term and institutionalized approach. Governments are gradually moving from universal subsidies for food and fuel towards more targeted interventions to reach vulnerable and food insecure households. Moreo ver, a growing number of countries have shifted from short-term, ad-hoc cash or food-based interventions towards mainstreaming and institutionalizing social safety net programmes. The initial trade response was to ban or restrict exports and increase imports in efforts to achieve domestic food availability, measures which have since relaxed in support of producers. Also, Countries are increasingly establishing public food reserves to protect domestic supply in times of crisis. We also see a high degree of policy integration at the national level. However, protective trade policies at national levels have contradicted the efforts of regional food security and policy harmonization advocated by many regional economic communities.
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    Food and agriculture policy decisions - Trends emerging issues and policy alignements since the 2007/08 food security crisis - Executive summary 2014
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    The 2013 FAPDA global report reviews a broad range of food security and agricultural development policy decisions implemented in 71 developing countries of Africa (27), Asia (24) and Latin America and the Caribbean, LAC (20). The countries covered represent 81, 90 and 98 percent of the total population in Africa, Asia and LAC, respectively. The review focuses on policy trends, common practices and emerging issues over the period 2007-2012.

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