Famine mitigation bibliography : with special emphasis on Africa -- second edition : subject and title indexe[s]

Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), maintains the Famine Mitigation Resource Library in Washington, D.C., which contains a collection of more than 3,600 books, reports, periodicals, manuscripts, and other materials on famine and related topics, focusing on, but not limited to, Africa. Many of the materials are nontraditional in format, e.g., trip reports, project evaluations, and unpublished reports and papers from private voluntary organizations and corporations involved in various aspects of food relief and sustainable development programs. This bibliography provides a complete list of the materials in the library, as well as some additional references. The bibliography has two main parts: the first is a combined subject and geographical index and the second is an alphabetical title list. The main subject areas are: coping strategies; cropping systems; disaster; early warning; environment; food aid; food or cash for work and cash transfers; food security; gender issues; intervention modification for conflict areas; livestock preservation; market interventions; nutrition; rapid assessment; refugees and displaced persons; seeds and tools; and water resources. Information needed to contact the library (phone and fax numbers, address, and E-mail address) are included.