The Challenge of Food Security: International Policy and Regulatory FrameworksRosemary Gail Rayfuse, Nicole Weisfelt 'The Challenge of Food Security addresses one of the key development challenges of our time. It examines issues related to food security in a comprehensive manner that covers both theoretical perspectives and policy challenges. It will be a key refere |
Contents
an overview | 3 |
PART II Access to Food | 17 |
2 A fresh look at the roots of food insecurity | 19 |
reconciling trade liberalisation with human security goals | 44 |
all faces of the same cube? | 70 |
PART III Sustainability and Food Security | 93 |
5 Crop disease management and food security | 95 |
6 The contribution of plant genetic resources to food security | 112 |
whats wrong with the rules? | 149 |
the 200608 global food crisis | 168 |
fisheries subsidies and the WTO | 190 |
legal frameworks regulating the global land rush | 206 |
PART V Food Governance | 229 |
the Committee on World Food Security Comprehensive Framework for Action and the G8G20 | 231 |
13 Regional initiatives on food security | 255 |
14 Food security in the era of retail governance | 275 |
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actors Africa Agreement on Agriculture agricultural production agrifood ASEAN assessment billion biofuels cent challenge climate change commodity context crop developing countries disease diversity Doha Doha Round economic ensure environment environmental example export farming fish fisheries subsidies Food and Agriculture food prices food production food safety food security governance framework futures global food security goals HLTF human rights human security hunger Ibid IFAD impact implementation improve initiatives insecurity International Law investment investors issues land livelihoods Marrakesh Agreement ment multilateral national food negotiations Pascal Lamy pathogen perspective plant genetic resources population Programme promote protection reform regime regional regulation regulatory Research retail governance rice right to food role rural Schutter sector small farmers social speculation standards strategies supermarkets sustainable development tariffs trade liberalisation United Nations UNTS World Bank World Food Summit World Trade Organization