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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Earthscan,
2012.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 113652942X 9781136529429 9781849776820 1849776822 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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.