Emergency food delivery: A state-of-the-art assessment: Final report
The purpose of this report is to provide a critical literature review of the state of the art in emergency food supply issues, to relate these issues and literature to the mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and to recommend areas where improved information and documents would allow FEMA to more effectively perform its mission. Major topics include the institutions which participate in emergency food delivery; the factual dimensions of US agriculture as they relate to emergency food delivery; short-term emergency feeding issues; and long-term emergency feeding issues. Several recommendations are developed. FEMA should develop a more detailed working relationship with the Department of Agriculture (USDA). FEMA should prepare documentation of its own emergency feeding procedures and guidelines. FEMA should test some previously developed options, particularly the preattack food relocation program. FEMA should evaluate several past studies to determine their current relevance, particularly those carried out in the 1960s whose conclusions rest upon the technology of the agricultural and food processing sectors, FEMA should undertake several new studies, particularly regarding new developments in the international food market. 265 refs., 1 fig., 9 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5559274
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL-6257; ON: DE88003685
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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