Thisbook considers the ability and capacity of the food supply
system in Australia to provide food security for the
ever-increasing domestic and international population in the face
of growing challenges in production, resource supply and failures
within the food system itself. Although Australia is a net food
exporting country, domestic food insecurity exists and will
increase as food prices rise in the coming decades. An overview of
the food supply system highlights the main challenges that are
determining the future. Many of these challenges can be resolved by
the Australian government, but others are in the hands of global
governance to which Australia can only adapt. This booksheds light
on the challenges and discusses the prospects for developing more
sustainable and resilient future food systems in Australia. In
addition, it covers food security and sovereigntyissues under the
heading of food equity and access, food production, policy and
trade, and impacts of land use planning on agriculture.
The unique features of the book include the following:
Most literature on food security pertains to developing
countries. By way of contrast, thisbookexplores food security in a
developed nation (Australia) that seemingly should not have food
security issues. The topics covered in the book are relevant to
other developed nations with growing populations and resource
management challenges.
The book chapters are written by specialists to paint a
comprehensive picture of the political, social, economic and
environmental issues that give rise to food insecurity, and the
challenges these issues present to the security of the food system
in coming decades. The overall organization of the book uses a
theoretically informed and multi-disciplinary approach. This
enables a critical and in-depth analysis of food security by
outlining the key challenges as well as prospects for the
development of more sustainable and resilient agri-food
systems.
Thethree principal topics in the book are dealt with by a
multi-disciplinary team of authors in a way that teases out diverse
points of view illustrating the complexity of food security. Author
disciplines include health and nutrition, agriculture, ethics,
social science, law, and practitioners managing food aid
programs.
The book shows how food security relates to many technical,
social and moral issues in society and how it is possible to
develop successful programs to improve food security."
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