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Contents
List of Tables, Figures and Annexes
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
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Part I
194570. Early Attempts: FAO's Pioneering Work
1 FAO's Origins
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2 Food Surpluses: Historical Background
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3 World Food Board Proposal
15
4 International Commodity Clearing House
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5 A World Food Reserve
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6 National Food Reserves in Developing Countries
58
7 International Commodity Agreements
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8 Freedom from Hunger Campaign
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9 The Development of Food Aid
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Part II
197090. The World Food Crisis of the 1970s and its
Aftermath
10 World Food Crisis
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11 World Food Conference 1974
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12 International Undertaking on World Food Security
150
13 An International Grain Reserves System
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14 International Emergency Food Reserve
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15 Global Information and Early Warning System
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16 International Trade, Stability and Agricultural Adjustment
165
17 World Food Council
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18 ILO World Employment Conference, 1976
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19 Food Entitlement
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