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The principle of distributing food aid in disaster or famine situations is largely uncontroversial. Most people agree that when starvation is a reality or a threat there is a moral imperative to act, whatever the costs or side effects. However, in practice most food aid is not used in emergencies. It is used to support projects or for commercial sale in non-famine situations. In such uses food aid has for long been controversial and strong negative views about it still persist.
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Fitzpatrick, J., Storey, A. (1991). Food Aid and Agricultural Disincentives. In: Prendergast, R., Singer, H.W. (eds) Development Perspectives for the 1990s. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21630-7_7
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