Emergency Food Delivery: A State-of-the-Art Assessment
Abstract
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. Four major topics are addressed: (1) the institutions which participate in emergency food delivery; (2) the factual dimensions of U.S. agriculture as they relate to emergency food delivery; (3) short-term emergency feeding issues; and (4) long-term emergency feeding issues. Several recommendations are developed which deal with the following: (1) FEMA should develop a more detailed working relationship with the Department of Agriculture (USDA); (2) FEMA should prepare better documentation of its own emergency feeding procedures and guidelines; (3) FEMA should test some previously developed options; (4) FEMA should evaluate several past studies to determine their current relevance; and (5) FEMA should undertake several new studies. Keywords: Emergency food delivery, Post disaster recovery, Emergency management, Food distribution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA188174
Entities
People
- David J. Bjornstad
- F. P. Baxter
- Ivars Gutmanis
Organizations
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory