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Abstract
It is well accepted that emergency food transfers are required to meet the food needs
of affected populations during acute, short-run emergencies. It is also widely acknowledged that
growing incomes and well functioning markets are necessary to facilitate access to food by
vulnerable groups over the long run. What is less appreciated is that market-based strategies can
be used to a) directly address short-run emergencies, and b) reduce the severity of short and
long-run emergencies. The purpose of this short paper is to call attention to research findings
that provide important guidelines for how this can be done.