This text constitutes a history of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food arm of the United Nations system. It tells the story of the circumstances and origins of WFP and growth from modest beginnings as a three-year experiment in 1963-65, to become the main source of international food aid for both disaster relief and development against the background of evolution and development of food aid. The dual role of the WFP has placed it at the forefront of the United Nations attack on poverty, hunger and food insecurity.
- ISBN10 0333676696
- ISBN13 9780333676691
- Publish Date 14 May 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 June 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English