Exploitation of dependence on food aid

For donor countries, maintaining stability in their agricultural markets and the pursuit of trade objectives accentuates the bilateralization of aid, with the targeting of food aid increasing responding to export policy. Humanitarian considerations -- exporting to the poorest -- are of less importance than commercial considerations.

1. Superpower nations may initially sell underpriced food to developing countries for a definite length of time, and when the countries are dependent on that food, when the demand is high, the food may then be sold at regular market prices. Other hidden subtleties in food shipments usually centre around the largest amount of food aid going to political allies rather than to the neediest nations. Therefore, if a country wants to feed its people, it may be coerced into accepting some other country's political philosophy along with their economic aid.

1. Unethical food practices
2. Misuse of food as a political weapon
3. Lack of protection for the vulnerable
4. Ineffectiveness of foreign aid

1. Dumping of food

1. Reverse flow of financial aid
2. Malnutrition
3. Inappropriate food aid
4. Inadequacy of food aid
5. Food insecurity
6. Compassion fatigue

1. Vulnerability of land-locked countries
2. Economic exploitation
3. Bilateralism in aid

1. Token humanitarian intervention

1. Utilizing locally grown products
2. Utilizing land
3. Providing food aid
4. Managing food aid projects
5. Extracting natural resources
6. Exploiting political differences among countries
7. Exploiting international political alliances
8. Exploiting displaced children
9. Exploiting differential economic performance among countries
10. Exploiting differences in sexual activity
11. Exploiting dependence
12. Depending on food aid
13. Accumulating global food stocks

1. Independence
2. Exploitation
3. Dependence
4. Aid