Which aid initiatives strengthen food security? Lessons from Uttar Pradesh. Issue 2 (17th February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petrikova, Ivica; Hudson, David
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 27:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 220
• Page End: 233
• Publication Date: 2017-02-17
• Subjects: Civil society – NGOs -- Aid – Aid effectiveness -- Environment (built and natural) – Food security -- South Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1285271
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study contributes to existing research on the relative effectiveness of aid initiatives in addressing food insecurity in India. Specifically, it compares the effects of crop, livestock, credit, and WASH interventions implemented by a development NGO with the impacts of a public direct-transfer scheme on food security among communities in Uttar Pradesh. The NGO's agricultural and WASH interventions and the government's Antyodaya ration-card scheme appear to have the largest positive influence. Their positive impact can be enhanced by the presence of good governance and by the simultaneous application of several beneficial initiatives.