Hunger and the political economy of the world food system

Brazil’s Humanitarian Food Cooperation: From an Innovative Policy to the Politics of Traditional Aid

Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy ◽

10.1177/2277976020970771 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 227797602097077

Author(s):

Thiago Lima

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Food Aid ◽

The Political ◽

World Food ◽

Social Purpose ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Short Period ◽

The World ◽

Original Goal ◽

Aid Policy

Brazil had donated food abroad on previous occasions, but an institutionalized humanitarian food aid policy was something innovative in its history. The original goal was to connect the produce of the small family farmers to an international humanitarian policy. However, in practice, the donations privileged the commodities of the large agribusiness farms. This article explains the political economy that diverted the policy from its original social purpose and made Brazil one of the five biggest donors of food to the World Food Program for a short period of time.

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The Political Economy of the World Bank

10.11126/stanford/9780804760652.001.0001 ◽

2009 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Michele Alacevich

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

World Bank ◽

The Political ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World

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Food, Water and the Consequences of Society Not Valuing the Environment

The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190669799.013.58 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 858-878 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tony Allan

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Human Health ◽

Food Production ◽

Food System ◽

Food Prices ◽

The Political ◽

Environmental Services ◽

Accounting Systems ◽

The Impact

The first purpose of this chapter is to highlight the impact of the food system on environmental and human health. The delivery of secure affordable food is a political imperative. Unfortunately, the food system that delivers it is environmentally blind. Food prices do not effectively reflect the value of food and often seriously mislead on the costs and impacts of food production. For example, actual food production takes place in a failed market—the value of environmental services such as water and the supporting ecosystems are not taken into account. The second purpose is to summarize and expose the political economy of the different ‘market’ modes of the food system. It is shown that there are weak players such as underrewarded and undervalued farmers who support society by producing food and stewarding our unvalued environment. The inadequacies of accounting systems are also critiqued.

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