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The Evolving Sphere of Food Security (Hardcover)
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The Evolving Sphere of Food Security (Hardcover)
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Hundreds of millions of people still suffer from chronic hunger and
food insecurity despite sufficient levels of global food
production. The poor's inability to afford adequate diets remains
the biggest constraint to solving hunger, but the dynamics of
global food insecurity are complex and demand analysis that extends
beyond the traditional domains of economics and agriculture. How do
the policies used to promote food security in one country affect
nutrition, food access, natural resources, and national security in
other countries? How do the priorities and challenges of achieving
food security change over time as countries develop economically?
The Evolving Sphere of Food Security seeks to answer these two
important questions and others by exploring the interconnections of
food security to security of many kinds: energy, water, health,
climate, the environment, and national security.
Through personal stories of research in the field and policy
advising at local and global scales, a multidisciplinary group of
scholars provide readers with a real-world sense of the
opportunities and challenges involved in alleviating food
insecurity. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, management of
HIV/AIDS, the establishment of an equitable system of land property
rights, and investment in solar-powered irrigation play an
important role in improving food security---particularly in the
face of global climate change. Meanwhile, food price spikes
associated with the United States' biofuels policy continue to have
spillover effects on the world's rural poor with implications for
stability and national security.
The Evolving Sphere of Food Security traces four key areas of the
food security field: 1) the political economy of food and
agriculture; 2) challenges for the poorest billion; 3)
agriculture's dependence on resources and the environment; and 4)
food in a national and international security context. This book
connects these areas in a way that tells an integrated story about
human lives, resource use, and the policy process.
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