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The global hunger crisis : tackling food insecurity in developing countries /

"Millions across the world face the daily challenge to find enough food to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally, with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity. Rising prices are further restricting food access. In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies th...

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Main Authors: Bne Saad, Majda
Published: Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London : New York :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Food supply > Social aspects > Developing countries
Hunger > Developing countries
Faim
Disponibilités alimentaires
Agriculture durable
Economie rurale
Politique agricole
Pays en développement
Hunger
Food supply > Social aspects
Aliments > Aspect social > Pays en voie de développement
Aliments > Approvisionnement
Agriculture durable > Pays en voie de développement
Agriculteurs > Pays en voie de développement > Conditions économiques
Ressources en eau > Pays en voie de développement
Ernährungslage
Ernährungssicherung
Welternährung
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Summary: "Millions across the world face the daily challenge to find enough food to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally, with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity. Rising prices are further restricting food access. In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies the causes for global hunger embedded in the current global political and economic system and highlights the key challenges facing food deficit countries ...
Carrier Form: xvii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-278) and index.
ISBN: 9780745330679 :
0745330673
9780745330686
0745330681
Index Number: HD9018
CLC: F312.1
Call Number: F312.1/B661
Contents: 1. Food security -- 2. Famine -- 3. The world food system: challenges and options -- 4. Peasants farming: current and future challenges -- 5. Access to land -- 6. Rural labour markets -- 7. Rural financial services and the issue of sustainability -- 8. Water for livelihoods -- 9. Gender and food security: invisibility revisited -- 10. Conclusion: food security in perspective.

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