Hunger in the Balance : : The New Politics of International Food Aid / / Jennifer Clapp.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Clapp, Jennifer,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 2 tables, 7 charts
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface to the Paperback Edition --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; 1. Food Aid Politics --; 2. Past and Present Food Assistance Trends --; 3. Donor Policies on the Question of Tying --; 4. U.S. Debates on Tied Food Aid --; 5. The GMO Controversy --; 6. Food Aid at the WTO --; 7. The 2007-2008 Food Crisis and the Global Governance of Food Aid --; 8. Conclusion: Prospects for the Future of Food Aid Politics --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780801463938; 9783110536157; 9783110606744
• DOI: 10.7591/9780801463938
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jennifer Clapp.

Food aid has become a contentious issue in recent decades, with sharp disagreements over genetically modified crops, agricultural subsidies, and ways of guaranteeing food security in the face of successive global food crises. In Hunger in the Balance, Jennifer Clapp provides a timely and comprehensive account of the contemporary politics of food aid, explaining the origins and outcomes of recent clashes between donor nations-and between donors and recipients.She identifies fundamental disputes between donors over "tied" food aid, which requires that food be sourced in the donor country, versus "untied" aid, which provides cash to purchase food closer to the source of hunger. These debates have been especially intense between the major food aid donors, particularly the European Union and the United States. Similarly, the EU's rejection of GMO agricultural imports has raised concerns among recipients about accepting GMO foodstuffs from the United States. For the several hundred million people who at present have little choice but to rely on food aid for their daily survival, Clapp concludes, the consequences of these political differences are profound.