5.A food aid

Question 1

aim of food aid

Answer 1

• when trade agreements fail, provision schemes increase access to food
• emergence to relief food aid / donor driven food aid

Question 2

positive of food aid

Answer 2

• can save lives in emergency situations post natural disaster

Question 3

negatives of food aid

Answer 3

• donor-driven food aid = ‘dump’ of innutritious foods from Acs
• cam swamp markets of LIDCs = declining prices and income for indigenous farming

Question 4

Nepal Earthquake 2015 - food aid objectives

Answer 4

• deliver food to survivors (2M people)
• run logistical services - relief dispatch hub at Kathmandu airport
• ‘cash for work’ - rebuilding and learning roads to increase access to food markets

Question 5

Nepal Earthquake 2015 - alternative to direct food aid

Answer 5

• MERET programme

- feed people while they work on reclamation of degraded land

Question 6

Nepal Earthquake 2015 - practical aid

Answer 6

• terracing hillsides to prevent erosion
• ditches and irrigation channels to capture rainwater
• dams = sustainable water supply
• ‘cooking stores’ = burn less wood and means less deforestation for fuelwood

Question 7

Nepal Earthquake 2015 - food aid outcomes

Answer 7

• corn, soy, coffee and fruits grown = families fed and profits made at local markets
• profit = ability to buy more land and livestock
• meat sold at markets
• safer cooking stoves
• more time allocated to farming > collecting fuelwood