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Title Food systems failure : the global food crisis and the future of agriculture / edited by Christopher Rosin, Paul Stock, Hugh Campbell
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) : maps
Series Earthscan food and agriculture
Earthscan food and agriculture.
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
Summary "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 industrial efficiencies, commodity production and free trade-ideologies that underlie agricultural and food policies in what are frequently referred to as 'developed countries'. The book examines both the contradictions in the global food system as well as the implications of existing ideologies of production associated with commodity industrial agriculture using evidence from relevant international case studies. The book's first section presents the context of the food crisis with contributions from leading international academics and food policy activists, including climate scientists, ecologists and social scientists. These contributions identify current contradictions in policy and practice that impede solutions to the food crisis. Set within this context, the second section assesses current conditions in the global food system, including economic viability, sustainability and productivity. Case study analyses of regions exposed to neoliberal policy at the production end of the system provide insights into both current challenges to feeding the world, as well as alternative strategies for creating a more just and moral food system"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Food supply
Food industry and trade
Hunger.
Food security.
Hunger
Food Supply
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
Sécurité alimentaire.
Ressources alimentaires.
Politique alimentaire.
Faim.
Libéralisme.
Politique agricole.
Etudes de cas.
Food industry and trade
Food security
Food supply
Hunger
Industries agroalimentaires.
Malnutrition.
Aliments -- Approvisionnement.
Form Electronic book
Author Rosin, Christopher J. (Christopher John)
Campbell, Hugh, 1964-
Stock, Paul V
LC no. 2011021896
ISBN 113652942X
9781136529429
9781849776820
1849776822