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Advances in Food Security and Sustainability
- 1st Edition, Volume 8 - October 27, 2023
- Editor: Marc J. Cohen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 0 6 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 0 7 - 1
Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapter on important topics such as Foo… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapter on important topics such as Food Security, Diversification, and Inequality: Indonesia in the Era of Economic Recovery and High Price Trends, Oil Palm Cultivation and the Impact of Climate Change in Malaysia: A Systematic Review, Food Loss and Waste in Nigeria: Implications for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability, and the Role of different stakeholders and their relative importance in managing disaster.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series
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: Fixing our food: Debunking 10 myths about the global food system and what drives hunger
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Myth 1
- 3 Myth 2
- 4 Myth 3
- 5 Myth 4
- 6 Myth 5
- 7 Myth 6
- 8 Myth 7
- 9 Myth 8
- 10 Myth 9
- 11 Myth 10
- 12 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Two: Food security, diversification, and inequality: Indonesia in the era of economic recovery and high price trends
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Covid-19 pandemic
- 3 Price increase
- 4 Economic recovery
- 5 Food security
- 6 Inequality
- 7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Navigating climate challenges: Unraveling the effects of climate change on oil palm cultivation and adaptation strategies
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Agronomy of oil palms: history, cultivation, and sustainable practices
- 3 Impact of climate change on oil palm production
- 4 Adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change
- 5 Research gap: soil microbes
- 6 Future research agenda
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Four: Role of different stakeholders and their relative importance in managing disaster
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 National disaster management framework
- 3 Materials and methods
- 4 Coefficient of concordance
- 5 Results and discussion
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Five: Physical activity, time allocation, and food intake among adolescents from lower caste groups in rural Telangana, India
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Role of caste on food intake, energy expenditure, and time use
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Policy landscape in support of households from backward and scheduled castes
- 5 Time use, physical activity, and food intakes
- 6 Discussion
- 7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Six: Why nutrition programs for children remain important
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Nutrition programs for children: past and ongoing progress
- 3 The importance of proper nutrition
- 4 Economic benefits of nutrition programs in children
- 5 Limitations of nutrition programs for children
- 6 Challenges facing childhood nutrition programs
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Seven: Food loss and waste in Nigeria: Implications for food security and environmental sustainability
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Causes of food waste and loss
- 3 Significance and economic burden of food waste in Nigeria
- 4 The implication of flood on food security and environmental sustainability
- 5 Impact of food waste on environmental sustainability
- 6 Implications of food waste on food security and availability
- 7 Conclusion
- 8 Recommendation
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Eight: Migration and food security in urban Nigeria: The dilemma of the urban poor
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Migration
- 3 Urbanization
- 4 Food security
- 5 Addressing causes of rural–urban migration
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Nine: Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence to boost Africa’s food security
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Precision agriculture and AI
- 3 AI and supply chain management
- 4 Artificial intelligence and access to food in Africa
- 5 Challenges and opportunities for Africa
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Ten: Conflict, food insecurity, and globalization: An update 20 years on
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and methods
- 3 Countries in conflict and food insecurity in 2022–2023
- 4 Rethinking categories
- 5 Conflict clusters
- 6 Globalization
- 7 Summing up
- 8 Recent reports, databases, and dashboards linking food insecurity and conflict
- 9 Conceptual frameworks, policy approaches, and new institutions
- 10 Global norms and institutions
- 11 What’s new, what’s old, and what’s repackaged
- 12 Why ending conflict and food insecurity is so hard
- 13 Conclusions and recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 8
- Published: October 27, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443193064
- eBook ISBN: 9780443193071
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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.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Oxfam America, USA