Food security issues and challenges /

"It is clear that one of the most damaging global problems is hunger. There is still a high proportion of hungry people in the world, the number of human beings in this condition exceeding 690 million, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (FAO 2020)....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fillol Mazo, Adriana (Editor ), Martín López, Miguel Angel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2021]
Colección:Food science and technology
Temas:
Food security.
Food supply.
Hunger.
Sécurité alimentaire.
Faim.
Aliments > Approvisionnement.
Food security
Food supply
Hunger
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Broadening the Protection of Food Security and the Right to Food through the Inclusion of Health and Sustainability Issues
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • The Necessary Inclusion of Access to Healthy Food in the Concept of Food Security
  • Implementing the Right to Food Towards Access to Nutritious and Healthy Food
  • The Neglect of Food Security and the Right to Food on the Recent International Agenda
  • The Conceptual Confusion About Food Security in Developed Countries
  • Unhealthy Diets and Unhealthy Foods as Contrary to Food Security and the Right to Food
  • Food Security in the Face of Climate Change Risks and Unsustainable Food Systems
  • Food Security before Global Threats Derived from Food and Pandemic Diseases
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2
  • Food Security and the WTO
  • Abstract
  • Introduction and Conceptual Aspects
  • Free-Trade: International Market for Agricultural Products and Food Security
  • Agreement on Agriculture and Food Security
  • Food Safety wtihin WTO and Connection with Food Security
  • Possibilities for Greater Market Liberalization as Permitted by the Excetions to Multilateralism Contemplated in the Same WTO System
  • Facilities and Aid for Least Developed Countries and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Websites
  • Chapter 3
  • The Right to Food and the Expanding Frontier of Access to Justice
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Contemporary Landscape of the Right to Food
  • 3. RTF in the Books and in Action
  • 3.1. RTF in the Books
  • 3.2. RTF in Action
  • 4. RTF and International Access to Justice
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 4
  • Health: Respect for Life and the Food Chain
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Consequences on Human Health: From the Intensive Production of Food and Forage Crops to the Industrialization of Food
  • Possibilities for Holistic Health: Traditional and Ecological Practices of Sustainable Food Production and Consumption
  • Principles and Techniques Used in Agroecology
  • Organic or Agroecological?
  • The New Rural Organic Grower Landscape
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5
  • Junaeb's School Feeding Programs in Chile
  • Innovations for Threats to Food Security
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. State of the Art of the Nutritional Situation of Schoolchildren in Chile
  • 3. History and Evolution of the PAE Program, Recommendations and International Standards (FAO, UNICEF, WHO), Threats to Food Security in Chile for Schoolchildren
  • 4. Changes and Strategies of the State of Chile to Reduce Overweight and Obesity in School-Age Children in the Face of Food Security Threats
  • 4.1. Changes in Legislation
  • 4.2. Changes in the PAE

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