This book is the first volume to review the full range of challenges--new and evolving--to food security. Books on food security tend to cover particular countries or types of crises but none to date have provided a general overview of both theory and practice in relation to today's evolving and emerging risks. The primary objective of this book is therefore to bring together these different perspectives on food security to provide a basis for a common understanding of the interplay of this range of risks and challenges. Bringing together chapters from leading academics across the discipline,…mehr
This book is the first volume to review the full range of challenges--new and evolving--to food security. Books on food security tend to cover particular countries or types of crises but none to date have provided a general overview of both theory and practice in relation to today's evolving and emerging risks. The primary objective of this book is therefore to bring together these different perspectives on food security to provide a basis for a common understanding of the interplay of this range of risks and challenges. Bringing together chapters from leading academics across the discipline, the book focuses particularly on the social, political and institutional aspects of food security.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ian Christoplos is a researcher in Natural Resources and Poverty at the Danish Institute for International Studies working in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. He has worked as a researcher and consultant for over 25 years. His research focuses on how local actors manage market and environmental risks and conflict. Adam Pain is a Visiting Professor in Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. Previously a lecturer in Natural Resources at the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK, he has worked in natural resource management in Africa and Asia. He is currently also a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1 Conceptual overview 1.Introduction. 2. Food security and food crises: evolving realities, evolving debates. Part 2 New Trends and Challenges 3. Scenarios for global agriculture and food security towards 2050: a review of recent studies. 4. Strengthening food security through human rights: a moral and legal imperative and practical opportunity. 5. Large scale land acquisitions -- challenges, conflicts and partial solutions in a project lifecycle perspective. 6. Water competition, water governance and food security. 7. Food insecurity in fragile states and protracted crises. Part 2 Case Studies 8. Sudan's permanent food emergency: a historical analysis of food aid, governance and political economy. 9. Food insecurity and agricultural rehabilitation in post-conflict northern Uganda. 10. Poverty, food security and local water conflicts in southern Zambia. 11. State capacity and malnutrition: a critical analysis of capacity support to Sierra Leone's nutrition sector. 12. Social inequality and food insecurity in Nepal: risks and responses. 13. Changing approaches to food security in Viet Nam. 14. Food security and insecurity in Afghanistan. 15. Food security and insecurity in India. 16. South Korea: food security, development and the developmental state. 17. Food security, Nicaragua: food purchase or food production, which is best for the rural poor? Part 4 Conclusions 18. Towards new approaches.
Part 1 Conceptual overview 1.Introduction. 2. Food security and food crises: evolving realities, evolving debates. Part 2 New Trends and Challenges 3. Scenarios for global agriculture and food security towards 2050: a review of recent studies. 4. Strengthening food security through human rights: a moral and legal imperative and practical opportunity. 5. Large scale land acquisitions -- challenges, conflicts and partial solutions in a project lifecycle perspective. 6. Water competition, water governance and food security. 7. Food insecurity in fragile states and protracted crises. Part 2 Case Studies 8. Sudan's permanent food emergency: a historical analysis of food aid, governance and political economy. 9. Food insecurity and agricultural rehabilitation in post-conflict northern Uganda. 10. Poverty, food security and local water conflicts in southern Zambia. 11. State capacity and malnutrition: a critical analysis of capacity support to Sierra Leone's nutrition sector. 12. Social inequality and food insecurity in Nepal: risks and responses. 13. Changing approaches to food security in Viet Nam. 14. Food security and insecurity in Afghanistan. 15. Food security and insecurity in India. 16. South Korea: food security, development and the developmental state. 17. Food security, Nicaragua: food purchase or food production, which is best for the rural poor? Part 4 Conclusions 18. Towards new approaches.
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