Food insecurity, vulnerability and human rights failure

This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.

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Group Author: Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb.; Acharya, Shabd S.; Davis, Benjamin.; Shorrocks, Anthony F.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Studies in development economics and policy
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230589506
Summary: This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.
'This book is a very important and timely analysis of interactions between food insecurity, vulnerability and the right to food. Given the continued failure to meet global hunger reduction targets set by the international community it is vitally important to have rigorous analysis of what does and doesn't work. This book, through its wide-ranging coverage of different country and regional experiences, and through its focus on the multi-faceted elements of the hunger problem, provides that analysis. It will be of great importance and utility to policy makers as well as to academics working in the area. I strongly recommend it.' -- Nick Chisholm, Senior Lecturer in International Development and Food Policy, University College Cork, Ireland 'This volume provides a valuable addition to WIDER's rich body of work on the is.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230553576, 2007.
Carrier Form: 400 p.
ISBN: 9780230553576
9780230589506 :
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CLC: F114.4
Contents: Preface PART I: VULNERABILITY TO HUNGER: CAUSES AND REMEDIES National Food Policies impacting on Food Security: The Experience of a Large Populated Country - India-- S.S.Acharya Food Security in the South Pacific Island Countries with Special Reference to the Fiji Islands-- K.L.Sharma Food Security in the SADC Region: An Assessment of National Trade Strategy in the Context of the 2001-03 Food Crisis-- A.Charman & J.Hodge On the Edge: The Role of Food-Based Safety Nets in Helping Vulnerable Households Manage Food Insecurity-- L.Brown & U.Gentilini The Public Distribution Systems of Foodgrains and Implications for Food Security: A Comparison of the Experiences of India and China-- Z.-Y.Zhou & G.Wan PART II: GENDER AND HUNGER: THE LINKS Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods: Micro-Level Investigations in Three African Countries-- J.Curry, E.Wiegers, A.Garbero, S.Stokes & J.Hourihan Gender, Local Knowledge and Lessons Learnt in Documenting and Conserving Agrobiodiversity-- Y.Lambrou & R.Laub Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in Kenya-- J.Wanjiku, J.U.Manyengo, W.Oluoch-Kosura & J.T.Karugia Women and Food Security in South Asia: Current Issues and Emerging Concerns-- N.Ramachandran PART III: HUNGER AS ENTITLEMENT FAILURE: THE RIGHT TO FOOD Entitlement Failure from a Food Quality Perspective: The Life and Death Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Humanitarian Crises-- P.Webb & A.Thorne-Lyman The Right to Food as a Fundamental Human Right: FAO's Experience-- I.Rae, J.Thomas & M.Vidar Realizing the Right to Food in South Asia-- P.Bhargava & M.Balana Rights-Based Approach to Development: Lessons from the Right to Food Movement in India-- B.Guha-Khasnobis & S.Vivek.