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1 online resource (56 pages) |
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III Contents iv Acknowledgments v Executive Summary 1CHAPTER 1 Understanding the Country Context 3 Food Security in the Kenyan Context 5 Food Security in the Indian Context 9 Regional Trade 12 CHAPTER 2 The Enabling Environment and the Farmer: Governing the Market from the Bottom Up 13Access to Inputs 21 CHAPTER 3 | Getting to the Market: Market Connectivity and Postharvest Services 23 Storage and Food Waste 25 Cold Chain 28CHAPTER 4 | Tracing Food Back to the Market: Standards, Food Safety, and Consumer Protection 31 Pest and Disease Management 33 Traceability 35 CHAPTER 5 | The Two-Way Nature of the Market: Trading Partners, Global Value Chains, and Market Innovation 36 Global Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation 38 Trade Technology and Know-How 40 CHAPTER 6 | Recommendations 43 About the Author and Project Director |
| Summary |
These recommendations come at a critical time, as each of the 12 Feed the Future focus countries, including Kenya, is currently developing strategic plans under the new phase of the global hunger and food security initiative. (India is considered an aligned country.) Further, the implementation plan for the U.S. Global Food Security Strategy, which was submitted to Congress in October 2017, emphasizes the need to address the entire agricultural and food system, including trade, and under-scores the importance of facilitating change in the enabling environment to strengthen markets." lace income generation and market diversification at the core of food security efforts. This would include complementing the existing emphasis on grains with a greater focus on fruits and vegetables and less commercialized crops, such as beans, that hold promise for farmers in food-insecure areas. Efforts to diversify could also address changing consumer preferences and nutrition needs and provide opportunities for trading partners such as the United States." ocus on the practical aspects of making regional trade work, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, implementation of regional rules and standards needs to be strength-ened in areas important to food security and trade, such as regional standards and rules on inputs (seed and fertilizer), transport, storage, and cross-border trade." mplement market and regulatory approaches that can leapfrog gaps in agricultural markets and food security systems. These include farmer aggregation models, contract farming approaches, food traceability systems, pest and disease management, and agricultural financing approaches." trengthen exchange of technology and know-how through both trade and donor assistance. This could include expanding the reach of technological solutions to address market and productivity challenges, and increasing focus on the corresponding regulatory environment at both the enterprise and institutional levels." upport new models for improving market-based regulation that put the needs of farmers, consumers, and market innovators first. These stakeholders tend to be left out of the policy-making process, and policy measures and legal approaches (which could incorporate tech-nological solutions) could be prioritized to ensure that their needs are incorporated into the system. At the policy level, it is time to launch a food security initiative at the WTO, and it should be a focus at the upcoming Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) in Argentina in December 2017 |
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"December 2017." |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed January 15, 2018) |
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Food security -- Kenya
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Food security -- India
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Food security -- Sub Sahara
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Food security.
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India.
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Kenya.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.). Washington DC.
Burke Chair in Strategy.e
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