Food Aid Impact on Developing Countries Food aid has created a way for underdeveloped nations to receive the emergency aid their countries need. Nations like Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) can misappropriate national funds on military projects instead of developing their agricultural industry (Feffer). On the other hand, countries like Ethiopia are dependent on foreign relief and are claiming a dependency syndrome (Siyoum, Hilhorst, Uffelen). Food aid does create a dependency on developed nations due to a projected increase of food aid through 2024 (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 5). Food aid does create a negative impact on foreign nationals because of misappropriated funds foreign governments spend on other projects non related
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As of 2012 over 8 million people are dependent on food aid. There is a notion towards self-sufficiency, but as time progresses the problem gets worse. Ethiopia has been plagued by droughts and top soil erosion for centuries. Although a large portion of the global food transfer goes to Ethiopia, only a small percentage of total food usage is provided (Siyoum, Hilhorst, Uffelen). As a projection made by the International Food Security Assessment, the total food aid given will increase in Sub-Saharan Africa, while global food aid will decrease. Ethiopia will still be dependent on other nations, but it will improve their food security (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 9). The government claiming a dependency on food aid, while not providing enough for its citizens leads to not addressing government negligence on the agricultural industry. Not addressing the needs of Ethiopian citizens on creating a governmental improvement and instead claiming the citizens have a dependency syndrome does not address the root cause of solving the famine (Siyoum, Hilhorst, …show more content…
Being dependent on food aid is natural when the country is suffering from catastrophe but is a detriment when the country abuses the aid to fund other projects. While countries like Ethiopia are projected to increase their own food security, other countries like the Republic of Congo and Uganda are projected to increase on food dependency (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 9). Countries are given food aid for emergencies and are accounted for 99 percent of total deliveries worldwide (Food Aid Flows 24). This type of aid is given during times of famine or crisis and eventually are taken off this aid for normal local agricultural production. Developing countries are dependent on food aid, but future projections show that the countries now are going to be self-sufficient in the future, while other countries will receive an increase in food aid (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 14). Countries are only dependent on food aid for a time but will use that food aid to increase their own self-sufficiency if the food aid is not
As of 2012 over 8 million people are dependent on food aid. There is a notion towards self-sufficiency, but as time progresses the problem gets worse. Ethiopia has been plagued by droughts and top soil erosion for centuries. Although a large portion of the global food transfer goes to Ethiopia, only a small percentage of total food usage is provided (Siyoum, Hilhorst, Uffelen). As a projection made by the International Food Security Assessment, the total food aid given will increase in Sub-Saharan Africa, while global food aid will decrease. Ethiopia will still be dependent on other nations, but it will improve their food security (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 9). The government claiming a dependency on food aid, while not providing enough for its citizens leads to not addressing government negligence on the agricultural industry. Not addressing the needs of Ethiopian citizens on creating a governmental improvement and instead claiming the citizens have a dependency syndrome does not address the root cause of solving the famine (Siyoum, Hilhorst, …show more content…
Being dependent on food aid is natural when the country is suffering from catastrophe but is a detriment when the country abuses the aid to fund other projects. While countries like Ethiopia are projected to increase their own food security, other countries like the Republic of Congo and Uganda are projected to increase on food dependency (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 9). Countries are given food aid for emergencies and are accounted for 99 percent of total deliveries worldwide (Food Aid Flows 24). This type of aid is given during times of famine or crisis and eventually are taken off this aid for normal local agricultural production. Developing countries are dependent on food aid, but future projections show that the countries now are going to be self-sufficient in the future, while other countries will receive an increase in food aid (Rosen, Meade, Fugile, Rada 14). Countries are only dependent on food aid for a time but will use that food aid to increase their own self-sufficiency if the food aid is not