Food Security and Sustainability : Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mergos, George
Otros Autores: Papanastassiou, Marina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Temas:
Agricultural industries.
Food supply.
Food > Safety measures.
Industries agricoles.
Aliments > Approvisionnement.
Aliments > SĐecuritĐe > Mesures.
Agricultural industries
Food > Safety measures
Food supply
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Editors and Contributors; Editors; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Food Security andÈSustainability: Globalisation, Investment andÈFinancing; Introduction andÖverview; Food Security andÈSustainability: Renewed Interest onäÈLong-Standing Issue; Current Developments andÈFuture Challenges; Definition, Measurement andÄnalysis ofÈFood Security; Some Definitions; Measurement ofÈFood Security; Methodological Considerations forÈFood Security andÈSustainability Analysis; Focus andÈStructure ofẗheÈBook.
  • Issues Addressed andCase Studies Structure oftheBook; Part I: Issues addressed; Part II: Case Studies; Concluding Remarks; References; 2: The Food Security Debate inaShifting Market Environment; Introduction; Assessing theMain Drivers ofMarket Uncertainties; On theCausality ofCommodity Price Movements; Relevance forthePolicy Debate; References; 3: Green Growth Strategies inAgriculture inOECD Countries; Introduction; Background; Green Growth Strategy; What Are the(Interrelated) Economic Concepts that Underpin Green Growth?
  • Which Indicators Can Track Progress TowardsÈGreen Growth inÄgriculture? Sustainable Intensification; Policies; Which Types ofÈPolicies Have OECD Countries Been Implementing?; From Strategy toÄction; References; 4: The Dominant Presence ofÈMNES inÄgro-©Food GVCs: Implications forẗheÈDeveloping Countries; Introduction; Key Concepts ofÈGlobal Value Chains (GVCS); Overview ofÄgro-Food GVCS; Growing Significance ofÈDifferentiation inÄgro-Food GVCs; Limitations ofẗheÈDeveloping Countries alongẗheÄgro-Food GVCS; The Problems ofËngaging withÄgro-Food MNES.
  • Modes ofÈGovernance andËngagement BetweenÈDomestic Firms andÈMNEs Challenges forÈDeveloping Countries; Conclusion; References; 5: Global Value Chains, Multinational Corporations andÈFood Security: Essential Theoretical andÈMethodological Challenges foräÈSustainable Policy Agenda; Introduction; Global Value Chains andÈMNC Subsidiaries; Food Security andÈMNC-Led Global Value Chains; Conclusion; References; 6: Financial Needs andÈTools forÄgricultural Development andÈTransformation Pertinent toÈLow-Income andÈLow-Middle-Income Countries; Introduction.
  • Agricultural Transformation andÈDevelopment How Does Agriculture Grow?; Financial Flows into Agricultural Development; Rural Finance andÄgricultural Development; Recent Innovations inÈRural Finance; Conclusion; References; 7: MicroFinancial Services andÈRisk Management forÈFood Security: AÈVulnerable Household Perspective; Introduction; Social Exclusion, Vulnerability andÈFood Security; Vulnerable Groups andÈFood Security andÈRisks; The Notion ofẗheÈVulnerable Householder; Economic Instruments; Food Security, Intra-Householder Processes andÄccess toÈCredit.

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