The global food crisis : governance challenges and opportunities /
The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. This book captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world & apos;s poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global r...
| Автор-организации: | Centre for International Governance Innovation. |
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| Други автори: | Cohen, Marc J., 1952-, Clapp, Jennifer, 1963- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
[Waterloo, Ont.] :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
℗♭2009.
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| Серия: |
Studies in international governance.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=322892 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Global food crisis. |
Съдържание:
- Foreword / Per Pinstrup-Andersen
- Introduction. The food crisis and global governance / Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen
- pt. 1, The causal factors behind the food crisis. The blame game : understanding structural causes of the food crisis / Anuradha Mittal ; The 1974 and 2008 food price crises : deja vu? / Sue Horton ; Responding to food price volatility and vulnerability : considering the global economic context / Jennifer Clapp ; US biofuels policy and the global food price crisis : a survey of the issues / Kimberly Ann Elliott
- pt. 2, Immediate governance challenges and proposals : food aid, trade measures, and international grain reserves. Responding to the 2008 "food crisis" : lessons from the evolution of the food aid regime / Raymond F. Hopkins ; Preparing for an uncertain global food supply : a new food assistantce convention / C. Stuart Clark ; From food handouts to integrated food policies / Frederic Mousseau ; The uses of crisis : progress on implementing US local/regional procurement of food aid / Gawain Kripke
- pt. 3, Longer-term ecological concerns and governance responses. The impact of climate change on nutrition / Cristina Tirado [and others] ; Fossil energy and the biophysical roots of the food crisis / Tony Weis ; Setting the global dinner table : exploring the limits of the marketization of food security / Noah Zerbe
- pt. 4, Strategies to promote food security and sustainable agriculture : the way ahead. A stronger global architecture for food and agriculture : some lessons from FAO's history and recent evaluation / Daniel J. Gustafson and John Markie ; Improving the effectiveness of US assistance in transforming the food security outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa / Emmy Simmons and Julie Howard ; Urban agriculture and changing food markets / Mark Redwood ; Reorienting local and global food systems : institutional challenges and policy options from the UN agricultural assessment / Marcia Ishii-Eiteman ; The governance challenges of improving global food security / Alex McCalla.