Food production is not keeping pace with Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the 1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the most appalling famines, but Africa's food shortage appears to be worsening. This paper discusses the reasons for this situation and ways to...

The analytical review of food aid, food production and food markets in Lesotho was undertaken on the request of the WFP Country Office in Lesotho in response to a long running debate that food aid was disrupting markets and creating disincentives to production, often with specific reference made...

The analytical review of food aid, food production and food markets in Swaziland was undertaken on the initiative of WFP Country Office to clarify issues on a long running debate in the country that food aid was disrupting markets and creating disincentives to production. In this context, the...