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Global Food Security Governance - Civil society engagement in the reformed Committee on World Food Security (Paperback)
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Global Food Security Governance - Civil society engagement in the reformed Committee on World Food Security (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
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In 2007/8 world food prices spiked and global economic crisis set
in, leaving hundreds of millions of people unable to access
adequate food. The international reaction was swift. In a bid for
leadership, the 123 member countries of the United Nations'
Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adopted a series of reforms
with the aim of becoming the foremost international, inclusive and
intergovernmental platform for food security. Central to the reform
was the inclusion of participants (including civil society and the
private sector) across all activities of the Committee. Drawing on
data collected from policy documents, interviews and participant
observation, this book examines the re-organization and functioning
of a UN Committee that is coming to be known as a best practice in
global governance. Framed by key challenges that plague global
governance, the impact and implication of increased civil society
engagement are examined by tracing policy negotiations within the
CFS, in particular, policy roundtables on smallholder sensitive
investment and food price volatility and negotiations on the
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of
Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food
Security, and the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and
Nutrition. The author shows that through their participation in the
Committee, civil society actors are influencing policy outcomes.
Yet analysis also reveals that the CFS is being undermined by other
actors seeking to gain and maintain influence at the global level.
By way of this analysis, this book provides empirically-informed
insights into increased participation in global governance
processes.
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