Information Centre

Documents listed in the information centre are organised into categories. Documents are posted here with the permission of the individual authors or institutional author responsible for their production. The opinions and comments contained in each document do not necessarily reflect those of the members of the Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa, nor those of the UK Department for International Development.

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• Think pieces: The crisis in Southern Africa has stimulated considerable debate and discussion. This debate has taken place both in the regional and internationally and amongst various different interest groups. The documents in this section of the information centre are a selection of views, perspectives and positions on the crisis and reflect many of these different interest groups. They refer to the broader dimensions of the immediate crisis and to longer-term views for the development of food security policy. In addition to a general category, the remaining documents are grouped under four thematic areas.
• Regional Programme Documents: This section will contain statements for key institutions with interests or programmatic activities relating to the crisis in Southern Africa. The documents refer mainly to regional views of food security in the region and details of programme activities from government, various donors, NGOs and international agencies. There are also documents that discuss key regional issues, for example, those relating to regional trade in agricultural products and or the roles of Southern Africa regional institutions such as SADC. Agency website coordinates are given where these contain additional relevant publications and data.
• Country Documents: This section provides a selection of key documents relating to the food security situation in each of the study countries. The documents refer not just to the current crisis but also to previous crises. There is access in this section to government statements, data on individual countries from international agencies and data on national level vulnerability assessments and other early warning systems. Agency website coordinates are given where these contain additional relevant publications and data.

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