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Food systems failure : the global food crisis and the future of agriculture /
"This book provides a critical assessment of the contemporary global food system in light of the heightening food crisis, as evidence of its failure to achieve food security for the world's population. A key aspect of this failure is identified in the neoliberal strategies which emphasize...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Earthscan,
2012.
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| Colección: | Earthscan food and agriculture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Shocking the global food system
- Part 1. The contradictions of the 'feed the world' ideology. Agriculture and food systems : Our current challenge
- Let us eat cake? Historically reframing the problem of world hunger and its purported solutions
- Trading into hunger? Trading out of hunger? International food trade and the debate on food security
- Biofuels and the financialization of the global food system
- The right to food : A right for everyone
- Plentiful food? Nutritious food?
- A Utopian perspective on global food security
- Part 2. The condition of neoliberal agriculture. Climate change and the resilience of commodity food production in Australia
- Food security and the de-agrarianization of the Indonesian economy
- 'Soyization' and food security in South America
- Negotiating organic, fair and ethical trade : Lessons from smallholders in Uganda and Kenya
- Food for thought? Linking urban agriculture and local food production for food security and development in the South Pacific
- Conclusions : Towards a more just and flexible global food system.