Accession Number:

ADA188174

Title:

Emergency Food Delivery: A State-of-the-Art Assessment

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB TN

Personal Author(s):

• Bjornstad, David J.
• Baxter, F. P.
• Gutmanis, Ivars

Report Date:

1987-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

123.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *CRISIS MANAGEMENT
• *EMERGENCIES
• *FOOD
• DELIVERY
• RECOVERY
• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• DISASTERS
• LITERATURE SURVEYS
• DISTRIBUTION
• STATE OF THE ART
• LONG RANGE(TIME)
• SHORT RANGE(TIME)
• DOCUMENTS
• FEEDING
• AGRICULTURE

Subject Categories:

• Food, Food Service and Nutrition

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE