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Advances in Food Security and Sustainability
- 1st Edition, Volume 6 - October 25, 2021
- Editor: Marc J. Cohen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 3 0 7 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 3 0 8 - 7
Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Six looks at the challenges, constraints and solutions necessary to maintain a healthy and accessible food supply in differ… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Six looks at the challenges, constraints and solutions necessary to maintain a healthy and accessible food supply in different communities. This ongoing series addresses a wide range of issues on food sustainability and security, with chapters in this release covering the Significance of Short Food Supply Chains During Pandemic Times, Food Security Challenges and Opportunities in Indonesia Post COVID-19, Understanding the genetic diversity and association mapping of nutritional traits in graminaceous crops: Progress and prospects, and Traditional foods and food security: Actors, production, and the challenge of integration into markets before and after the pandemic.
- Contains expertise from leading contributors on presented topics
- Covers a vast array of subjects related to food security and sustainability
- Explores challenges related to protecting environmental resources while also meeting human nutritional requirements
Researchers in life sciences and social sciences as well as policymakers, food industry professionals, advisers, and more
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- References
- Chapter One: Global trends on Covid-19 and food security research: A scientometric study
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results and discussion
- 4: Conclusion and recommendations
- References
- Chapter Two: Short food supply chains to resolve food scarcity during COVID-19 pandemic—An Indian model
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Green revolution and their role in food security
- 3: Green house gas emissions from food processing sectors
- 4: Energy requirement in food industries
- 5: COVID-19 and their impact on food security
- 6: Case study 1: Dairy processing industries vs. local milk supply chain
- 7: Case study 2: Uzhavar Santhai (Farmer's Market)—Supply chain for fruits and vegetables
- 8: Case study 3: Public distribution system—Supply chain for pulses and cereals
- 9: Reviving traditional food processing sectors—Study on Gud (jaggery) production
- 10: Need for an inclusive approach in food production
- 11: Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Funding
- Declaration of conflict of interest
- References
- Chapter Three: The impact of food security disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic on tribal people in India
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methodology
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Conclusions: Measures to promote food security
- References
- Chapter Four: ASEAN responses to COVID-19 for assuring food security
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pre-COVID-19 progress and challenges in ASEAN food security
- 3: Impact of COVID-19 on regional and country food security
- 4: Bouncing back better in the “new normal”
- 5: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter Five: Food security challenges and opportunities in indonesia post COVID-19
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Covid-19 in Indonesia
- 3: Food security in Indonesia
- 4: Food security challenges and opportunities post Covid-19
- 5: Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- Chapter Six: Impact of COVID-19 on marine fisheries supply chains: Case study of Malaysia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Main discussion
- 5: Conclusion and recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix
- References
- Chapter Seven: Sustainability of the agri-food supply chain amidst the pandemic: Diversification, local input production, and consumer behavior
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Case description
- 3: Consumer behavior
- 4: Discussions
- 5: Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- Chapter Eight: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security among East and West African pastoralists
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Food insecurity trends during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 3: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security
- 4: Discussion
- References
- Chapter Nine: Latin America and the Caribbean: Food systems in times of the pandemic
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The 2020 shock
- 3: Simulations of impacts
- 4: Some policy observations
- 5: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- No. of pages: 306
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 6
- Published: October 25, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128213070
- eBook ISBN: 9780128213087
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Marc J. Cohen
Marc J. Cohen is Senior Researcher at Oxfam America, currently working on aid effectiveness and agricultural development policy. He is part of the Aid and Development Finance Issues Team of Oxfam International's Even it Up Campaign. Previously, he focused on humanitarian policy and climate change, as well as evaluations of humanitarian advocacy. His academic training is in political science and development studies, and he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to Oxfam, Marc was a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 1998-2008, and his long term research focus is global food security. Marc has carried out field research in Ethiopia, Haiti, Rwanda, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, and the USA. He has taught at American, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities, as well as at the Universities of Florence and Oslo.
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