Food Aid in Sudan

Susanne Jaspars has worked in the field of humanitarian aid for over thirty years, both as a practitioner and researcher. She has worked for Medecins sans Frontieres, Oxfam, and the World Food Programme, in countries across east and central Africa. She has also conducted research for the Overseas Development Institute, and currently serves on the editorial board of the International Humanitarian Studies Association. Her previous works include Nutrition Matters: People, Food and Famine (co-authored with Helen Young, 1995).

• Preface1. Introduction: Food Aid and PowerThe Crisis in SudanWhat is Food Aid?Analysing Food Aid, Power and GovernanceFood Aid in SudanThe Challenges of Fieldwork in Sudan2. From Managing States and Supporting Livelihoods to Abandoning PopulationsManaging States: Food Aid to Strengthen States and Benefit DonorsManaging Lives: Food Aid to Save Lives and Protect LivelihoodsAbandoning Populations: Food Aid, Global Instability and ResilienceConclusions3. Food Aid in Sudan: Government and Private Sector ResponseSudan’s Protracted Crisis: Food, Governance and InequalityThe Early Years of Food Aid in Sudan: Urban Food Subsidies, Uneven Development and RefugeesChanges in Quantities and Types of International Food Aid in SudanThe Famines of the 1980s and the Manipulation of Food AidIslamism, Self-sufficiency and WarControl over International Agencies and the Sudanisation of Food AidConclusions4. The Effects of Food Aid Practices in North DarfurAn Overview of Drought, Famine and Conflict in North DarfurFood Aid in Response to Drought and Famine (the 1980s and 1990s)The Darfur Crisis: Food Aid in the Early Years (2003–07)The Later Years (2008–14): Reduced Food Aid and Access RestrictionsIndirect Effects of Reduced Food AidAre People Still Coping?Conclusions5. Perceptions of Food Aid: Politics, Dependency and Denial of Permanent EmergencyA Country of Food Aid ExpertsThe Government View of Food AidInternational Agencies: De-politicisation and AbandonmentInternational Agencies: The Denial of Permanent EmergencyAlternative Perceptions of Food Aid: Politics, War and Economic BenefitsConclusions6. ConclusionsWhat Brought about Change?Continuities?Impact of Food Aid Practices in Sudan’s Protracted EmergencyImplications for Humanitarian and Food Aid OperationsAppendix 1: Chronology of Key Political Events in Sudan

A superb account of the intertwining of nutritional science, politics and humanitarian crisis in Sudan over fifty years. This is an essential book for all students of humanitarianism.