Institutional food procurement programmes: the case of PAA Africa in Senegal

"Senegal has experienced a series of food crises. In 2012, around 739,000 people (6.2 per cent of the population) were affected by severe food insecurity. Most poor people live in rural areas: 57 per cent of the rural population are poor, and of those, 44 per cent are food insecure. Most are en...

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Autores: Miranda, Rosana Pereira de, Klug, Israel, Thiam, Abdoulaye
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15428
Acesso em linha:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15428
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Institutional
food
procurement
programmes
case
PAA Africa
Senegal
Descrição
Resumo:"Senegal has experienced a series of food crises. In 2012, around 739,000 people (6.2 per cent of the population) were affected by severe food insecurity. Most poor people live in rural areas: 57 per cent of the rural population are poor, and of those, 44 per cent are food insecure. Most are engaged in agriculture, raising livestock and fishing; however, the limited size of land plots does not cover their food needs, and producers struggle with access to markets". (...)