Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Pritchard, Bill; Shekar, Meera; Ortiz, Rodomiro

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This Handbook is a comprehensive compilation of current knowledge of food and nutrition security from a global perspective. It is organized into four sections corresponding to the accepted current definitional frameworks, including food availability, access and utilization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317596240
• Artikelnr.: 44873874

Autorenporträt

Bill Pritchard is Professor in Human Geography at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia and International Visiting Professor, Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Germany. Rodomiro Ortiz is Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Meera Shekar is Global Lead for Nutrition, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank, Washington DC, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Food and Nutrition Security: Future Priorities for Research and Policy
Bill Pritchard Part 1: Food Availability 2. Future Prospects for Cereal and
Legume Production Jon Hellin 3. Fruits, Vegetables and Tubers: Bountiful
Resources for Achieving and Sustaining Food and Nutrition Security Norman
E. Looney 4. The Impacts of Modern Agriculture on Plant Genetic Diversity
M. Carmen de Vicente 5. Agriculture and Micronutrient Availability Dennis
D. Miller 6. Sustainable Intensification Tim G. Benton 7. The Role of
Agro-ecological and Organic Food Production in Making the World Feed Itself
in the 21st Century Mette Vaarst, P. Panneerselvam and Niels Halberg 8. The
Meatification of Diets Tony Weis 9. Livestock Production Systems: Animal
Welfare and Environmental Quality John Webster 10. Fisheries and
Aquaculture Richard Grainger 11. Food Losses and Waste and the Debate on
Food and Nutrition Security Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Vincent Gitz and
Alexandre Meybeck 12. How is Climate Change Affecting the Global Food
System? Molly E. Brown and Tawny M. Mata 13. The Sustainability of the
World's Soils Stefan Hauser and Lindsey Norgrove 14. Water Resources for
Food and Nutrition Security Alain Vidal and Larry Harrington Part 2:
Economic and Social Access to Food 15. Famines: Causes and Impact Eric
Vanhaute 16. Nutrition Sensitive Economic Growth: What it is, Why it
Matters and How to Encourage it Lawrence Haddad 17. The Transformation of
Food Supply Chains: Implications for Food and Nutrition Security C. Peter
Timmer 18. International Trade, Food Security and Nutrition Sophia Murphy
19. Food Value Chains and Nutrition: Exploring the Opportunities for
Improving Nutrition Aulo Gelli, Corinna Hawkes and Jason Donovan 20.
Smallholders, Agro-biodiversity and Mixed Cropping and Livestock Systems
Jessica Fanzo, Roseline Remans and Celine Termote 21. The Implications of
Land Grabs and Biofuel Expansion for Food and Nutrition Security in
Developing Countries Anna Locke and Giles Henley 22. Food Sovereignty
Phillip McMichael 23. Localism and Food and Nutrition Security Steven M.
Schnell 24. Food and Nutrition Security within the Household: Gender and
Access Anu Rammohan 25. The Socio-economic and Socio-cultural Determinants
of Food and Nutrition Security in Developed Countries Jane Dixon Part 3:
Food Utilization 26. Food and Nutrition Surveillance Geoffrey C. Marks 27.
Addressing Maternal and Child Undernutrition in Low-income and
Middle-income Countries. A Review of Nutrition-specific and
Nutrition-sensitive Interventions Víctor M. Aguayo and Kajali Paintal 28.
The Agriculture-nutrition Disconnect Yurie Tanimichi Hoberg 29. Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene: a Missing Link to Food and Nutrition Security?
Oliver Cumming, Louise Watson and Alan Dangour 30. Nutrition, Health and
Early Childhood Development Quentin Wodon and Meera Shekar 31. Nutrition
Policies and Programs in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Progress and
Challenges to Achieving Impact at Scale Lynnette M. Neufeld, Ellen Piwoz
and Florencia C. Vasta 32. Costing and Financing Nutrition Programs in the
Developing World: What will they Cost and How can they be Financed? Meera
Shekar, Julia Dayton and Jakub Kakietek 33. Food Social Safety Net and
Dietary Guidance Programs in Developed Countries Ann L. Yaktine