| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 368 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in development economics and policy |
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Studies in development economics and policy.
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| Contents |
Part I. Vulnerability to hunger : causes and remedies. 1. National food policies impacting on food security : the experience of a large populated country : India / Shabd S. Acharya. 2. Food security in the South Pacific island countries with special reference to the Fiji Islands / K.L. Sharma. 3. Food security in the SADC region : an assessment of national trade strategy in the context of the 2001-03 food crisis / Andrew Charman and James Hodge. 4. On the edge : the role of food-based safety nets in helping vulnerable households manage food insecurity / Lynn Brown and Ugo Gentilini. 5. The public distribution systems of foodgrains and implications for food security : a comparison of the experiences of India and China / Zhang-Yue Zhou and Guanghua Wan. -- Part II. Gender and hunger : the links. 6. Gender, HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods : micro-level investigations in three African countries / John Curry [and others]. 7. Gender, local knowledge and lessons learnt in documenting and conserving agrobiodiversity / Yianna Lambrou and Regina Laub. 8. Gender differentiation in the analysis of alternative farm mechanization choices on small farms in Kenya / Julliet Wanjiku [and others]. 9. Women and food security in South Asia : current issues and emerging concerns / Nira Ramachandran. -- Part III. Hunger as entitlement failure : the right to food. 10. Entitlement failure from a food quality perspective : the life and death role of vitamins and minerals in humanitarian crises / Patrick Webb and Andrew Thorne-Lyman. 11. The right to food as a fundamental human right : FAO's experience / Isabella Rae, Julian Thomas and Margret Vidar. 12. Realizing the right to food in South Asia / Pradeep Bhargava and Manju Balana. 13. Rights-based approach to development : lessons from the right to food movement in India / Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and S. Vivek |
| Summary |
Do we have a right to food? The significance of a human rights approach, and the way in which it translates to gender considerations, with links to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment, adds a new dimension to the problem of world hunger. By exploring these approaches to hunger this volume is novel in its shift away from rather obvious research on macro food availability to more composite dimensions cutting across economics, sociology, law and politics. With regional experiences and country case studies this constitutes an invaluable collection for researchers and activists trying to make a difference |
| Notes |
"In association with the United Nations University - World Institute for Development Economics Research." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food supply -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
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Food supply -- Political aspects -- Developing countries
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Human rights -- Developing countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Food supply -- Political aspects
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Food supply -- Social aspects
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Human rights
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Livsmedelsförsörjning -- politiska aspekter -- U-länder.
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Livsmedelsförsörjning -- sociala aspekter -- U-läner.
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Mänskliga rättigheter -- U-länder.
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb.
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Acharya, S. S.
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Davis, Benjamin, 1964-
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| LC no. |
2007038449 |
| ISBN |
9780230589506 |
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0230589502 |
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1281780251 |
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9781281780256 |
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9786611780258 |
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6611780254 |
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