WWW site for the European Food Security Network (Resal), the body which aims to achieve a better fit between European Commission action on food aid and food security and beneficiary countries’ development policy. RESAL covers 19 countries which benefit from EU food aid and food security programmes:Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, Bolivia, Peru, Ethiopia, Yemen, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Niger, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Georgia & Kyrgyzstan.
WWW site includes:
- Overview of food security issues (full text documents)
- Reports on the food security situation and policies in beneficiary countries (full text documents)
- Brief market analysis for major commodities (main importers and exporters, stocks) and monthly, semestral and/or annual follow-up. Covers wheat, maize, rice, petroleum. Includes links to WWW sites with commodity prices
- Details of international negotiations relevant to food security issues, includes WTO, FAO agreements, plus links to related WWW sites
- EU and US donor policies
- Other organisations relevant: IMF and World Bank with details of the HIPC initiative and PSRPs plus links to full-text documents on the WWW
- Extensive list of WWW links to relevant sites
- Archives of monthly and quarterly food security reports
WWW site is available in French and English, with some country reports in Spanish