Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance

The confluence of droughts and high world grain prices in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the Sahel produced widespread famine, resulting in extensive and displacement of people. The region is extremely poor in normal times and the drought was simply a crisis superimposed on chronic misery. The ar...

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Main Author: McIntire, John
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1981
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160798
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description The confluence of droughts and high world grain prices in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the Sahel produced widespread famine, resulting in extensive and displacement of people. The region is extremely poor in normal times and the drought was simply a crisis superimposed on chronic misery. The area has recovered somewhat since 1974 but has made little real progress. There has been, in particular, little growth of real income among agricultural populations, a steep increase of food imports, a high rate of permanent rural emigration (due partly to poor economic opportunities in agriculture), and chronic inflation.
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spelling CGSpace1607982025-02-19T14:00:53Z Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance McIntire, John food security foreign trade The confluence of droughts and high world grain prices in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the Sahel produced widespread famine, resulting in extensive and displacement of people. The region is extremely poor in normal times and the drought was simply a crisis superimposed on chronic misery. The area has recovered somewhat since 1974 but has made little real progress. There has been, in particular, little growth of real income among agricultural populations, a steep increase of food imports, a high rate of permanent rural emigration (due partly to poor economic opportunities in agriculture), and chronic inflation. 1981 2024-11-21T09:52:05Z 2024-11-21T09:52:05Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160798 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute McIntire, John. 1981. Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance. Research Report. 26. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160798
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Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance
title Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance
title_full Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance
title_fullStr Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance
title_full_unstemmed Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance
title_short Food security in the Sahel: Variable import levy, grain reserves, and foreign exchange assistance
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foreign trade
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