Instability In World Food Production
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Instability In World Food Production
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Author : Henning H. von Platen
language : en
Publisher: Kiel, West Germany : Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel
Release Date : 1985
Instability In World Food Production written by Henning H. von Platen and has been published by Kiel, West Germany : Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Political Science categories.
Statistical analysis of trends in world food production - based on data from 120 countries on grain, potato, cassava, sugar cane and sugar beet food crops, analyses the causes and geographical aspects of instability, obstacles to its measurement, and crop yields of grain; includes case studies of Australia, Canada, the USA and USSR. Graphs, maps, references, statistical tables.
Food Security And Sociopolitical Stability
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Author : Christopher B. Barrett
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Food Security And Sociopolitical Stability written by Christopher B. Barrett and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Business & Economics categories.
Global food price spikes in 2008 and again in 2011 coincided with a surge of political unrest in low- and middle-income countries. Angry consumers took to the streets in scores of nations. In some places, food riots turned violent, pressuring governments and in a few cases contributed to their overthrow. Foreign investors sparked a new global land rush, adding a different set of pressures. With scientists cautioning that the world has entered a new era of steadily rising food prices, perhaps aggravated by climate change, the specter of widespread food insecurity and sociopolitical instability weighs on policymakers worldwide. In the past few years, governments and philanthropic foundations began redoubling efforts to resuscitate agricultural research and technology transfer, as well as to accelerate the modernization of food value chains to deliver high quality food inexpensively, faster, and in greater volumes to urban consumers. But will these efforts suffice? This volume explores the complex relationship between food security and sociopolitical stability up to roughly 2025. Organized around a series of original essays by leading global technical experts, a key message of this volume is that actions taken in an effort to address food security stressors may have consequences for food security, stability, or both that ultimately matter far more than the direct impacts of biophysical drivers such as climate or land or water scarcity. The means by which governments, firms, and private philanthropies tackle the food security challenge of the coming decade will fundamentally shape the relationship between food security and sociopolitical stability.
Agricultural Markets Instability
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Author : Alberto Garrido
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-01-08
Agricultural Markets Instability written by Alberto Garrido and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Since the financial and food price crises of 2007, market instability has been a topic of major concern to agricultural economists and policy professionals. This volume provides an overview of the key issues surrounding food prices volatility, focusing primarily on drivers, long-term implications of volatility and its impacts on food chains and consumers. The book explores which factors and drivers are volatility-increasing and which others are price level-increasing, and whether these two distinctive effects can be identified and measured. It considers the extent to which increasing instability affects agents in the value chain, as well as the actual impacts on the most vulnerable households in the EU and in selected developing countries. It also analyses which policies are more effective to avert and mitigate the effects of instability. Developed from the work of the European-based ULYSSES project, the book synthesises the most recent literature on the topic and presents the views of practitioners, businesses, NGOs and farmers' organizations. It draws policy responses and recommendations for policy makers at both European and on international levels.
Food Systems Failure
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Author : Christopher Rosin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Food Systems Failure written by Christopher Rosin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Business & Economics categories.
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Food Policies And Food Security Under Instability
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Author : David Bigman
language : en
Publisher: Free Press
Release Date : 1985
Food Policies And Food Security Under Instability written by David Bigman and has been published by Free Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Business & Economics categories.
The Role Of Markets In The World Food Economy
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Author : D. Gale Johnson
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-07-11
The Role Of Markets In The World Food Economy written by D. Gale Johnson and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with Science categories.
This book extends the discussion of world food problems by giving explicit recognition to the potential role of markets. The authors highlight the contribution of prices to the solution of food problems in low-income countries, for example, by providing adequate incentives to farmers to expand production, assuring that food supplies can be obtained through trade when needed and giving appropriate signals to consumers. They also document the negative effects on food supply and national welfare of the actual price policies of many Third World governments. While recognizing the problems involved in defining and measuring hunger, as well as in improving the food supply, the authors consider the outlook for future food availability as favorable in terms of continued modest improvement in per capita food supplies at prices, adjusted for inflation, that are likely to continue the slow decline of recent decades. One focus of their comments is the positive roles that governments can and should play in the world food economy, especially in support of research, creation of human capital, and provision of appropriate rural infrastructure.
Global Governance Of Food Production And Consumption
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Author : Peter Oosterveer
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Global Governance Of Food Production And Consumption written by Peter Oosterveer and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
The provision of food is undergoing radical transformations throughout the global community. Peter Oosterveer argues that, as a consequence, conventional national governmental regulations can no longer adequately respond to existing and emerging food risks and to environmental concerns. This book examines these challenges.
Small Farmers Secure Food
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Author : J. Lindsay Falvey
language : en
Publisher: Thaksin University Press & IID
Release Date : 2010
Small Farmers Secure Food written by J. Lindsay Falvey and has been published by Thaksin University Press & IID this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Farms, Small categories.
Small farmers tilling handkerchief sized farms feed more than half the world. They thus maintain national stability, forestall conflict and reduce emigration. Secure food supply is nothing short of national security. Such facts define the poor world, yet are misunderstood by nations that influence international development. Practitioners know that small farmers’ yields can exceed those of large farms. They also know that food security means guaranteeing enough food to survive as a national priority unrelated to free trade. Good governments of poor countries practice this to avoid food shortages and anarchy. Food always comes first – that is the message of this powerful book. History is replete with failed societies that lost sight of the centrality of food and farmers. Today, wealthy country delusions of isolation from instability in the rest of the world open everyone to an unprecedented risk. These matters are, in this book, refocused on the essentials of life, global security and peace. Polemic in parts, it shows the situation as it is. The opening paragraph says it. This is a simple book. It argues for the return of two critical values in international development. The first is the securing of food for a minimal level of existence. The second, acknowledgement of the vital role of small farmers. Dilution of these values means that aid may now be increasing risks of starvation and conflict. Some arguments presented here will be counter-intuitive to conventional thinkers, and so information supports forgotten axioms. The book also notes the responsible actions of the world’s major food producers, China and India, both of which are criticized for abandoning unsuitable agendas of development agencies.
The World Food Problem And U S Food Politics And Policies
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The World Food Problem And U S Food Politics And Policies written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Agricultural assistance, American categories.
Global Food Price Shocks And Poor People
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Author : Marc J. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Global Food Price Shocks And Poor People written by Marc J. Cohen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with Business & Economics categories.
This book examines the effects of high and volatile food prices during 2007-08 on low-income farmers and consumers in developing, transition, and industrialized countries. Previous studies of this crisis have mostly used models to estimate the likely impacts. This volume includes actual evidence from the field as to how higher prices affected access to food and farm income among poor people. In addition to country and regional case studies, the book presents discussions of cross-cutting themes, including gender, risk management, violence, the importance of subsistence farming as a coping strategy, and the role of governments and markets in addressing higher prices. With 2011 witnessing an unprecedentedly high level of food prices, the findings and policy recommendations presented here should prove useful to both scholars and policy makers in understanding the causes and consequences, as well as the policies needed to ensure food security in light of the skyrocketing cost of food. This book was published as a special double issue of Development in Practice.