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Food Security in the Developing World
- 1st Edition - January 26, 2016
- Author: John Michael Ashley
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 5 9 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 7 7 9 - 1
Food Security in the Developing World provides an entry point into the complex and challenging subject of providing access to nutritious and safe food in a readable format, c… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFood Security in the Developing World provides an entry point into the complex and challenging subject of providing access to nutritious and safe food in a readable format, capturing the essence of the subject in an effective and impactful manner. Organized into nine chapters the book covers the manifestation and measurement of food insecurity; means whereby households endeavour to be food-secure; causes of food insecurity; mitigation of current food insecurity and prevention of future food insecurity. There will then follow a chapter with case studies, a chapter on cross-cutting issues and the final chapter drawing conclusions and recommendations on the way forward to increase the prevalence of food security in developing countries. A glossary and Bibliography will round off the book.
Dr. Ashley’s real-world experience makes the book accessible while providing valuable insights into the broad range of factors that contribute to food insecurity in this large at-risk population, and practical means of addressing them.
- Presents all aspects of food security in a logical sequence
- Covers the manifestation and measurement of food insecurity
- Includes case studies and cross-cutting multidisciplinary issues
For University undergraduate/ diploma/ vocational/ adult education students and teachers; developing country government agricultural/ rural development/ planning ministries and departments; extension workers and NGOs; UN and other international organisations; bilateral and multilateral donor partners and development banks
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1 General Scope of the Subject
- 1.2 Worldwide Distribution of Food Insecurity
- 1.3 Number of Food-Insecure People
- 1.4 Short-Term Food Insecurity Compared With Long-Term Structural Food Insecurity
- 1.5 Flashpoint Grain Deficit Areas Compared With Traditional Grain Surplus Areas
- 1.6 Food as a Rights Issue
- 1.7 Investment as the Apex Solution to Food Insecurity
- 1.8 UN Organizations Which Directly Address Food and Nutrition Security
- 1.9 History of Feeding the World from 1945
- References
- Chapter Two. Manifestations and Measurement of Food Insecurity
- Abstract
- 2.1 Concepts of Hunger, Undernutrition, Food Security and Nutrition Security
- 2.2 Nutrient Deficiency Diseases
- 2.3 Nutrient Oversufficiency
- 2.4 Challenges of Accessing and Interpreting Food Security and Nutrition Survey Data
- 2.5 Differential Vulnerability to Food and Nutrition Insecurity
- References
- Chapter Three. Causes of Food Insecurity
- Abstract
- 3.1 Multidimensional Etiology
- 3.2 Poverty and Insufficient Awareness
- 3.3 Environmental Degradation and Climate Change
- 3.4 Food Price Hikes and Price Instability
- 3.5 Conflicts
- 3.6 Weak Institutional Environment
- 3.7 Predisposition of the Community to Disease and Intestinal Affliction
- 3.8 Large-Scale Land Lease by One Country in Another
- 3.9 Large Areas of Arable Land Set Aside for Biofuel Production
- References
- Chapter Four. Mitigation of Current Food Insecurity
- Abstract
- 4.1 Coping Strategies at Microlevel
- 4.2 Humanitarian Aid
- 4.3 Food-for-Work and Cash-for-Work Schemes
- 4.4 EU Food Facility Program
- 4.5 Other Efforts by Donor Programs to Improve Agricultural Productivity and Marketing
- 4.6 Enhancing the Response to Crisis
- 4.7 Addressing Nutrition Insecurity
- References
- Chapter Five. Prevention of Future Food Insecurity
- Abstract
- 5.1 Anticipating Crises by Assessing and Mitigating Risks and Vulnerability
- 5.2 National Food Security Strategies
- 5.3 Addressing Food Availability
- 5.4 Addressing Better Access to, and Utilization of, Nutritious Food
- 5.5 Addressing Both Availability and Access Together
- 5.6 Addressing Nutrition Security Through Biofortification
- 5.7 Food Safety
- 5.8 The Difficulty of Enhancing the Stability Aspect of Food Security
- References
- Chapter Six. Cross-Cutting Issues
- Abstract
- 6.1 Right to Food
- 6.2 Gendering Food Security
- 6.3 Land Tenure
- 6.4 Population Growth Pressure on Land and Water Resources
- 6.5 Empowerment and Resilience Through Access to Factors of Production
- 6.6 Food Security Governance
- 6.7 Government Capacity to Formulate, Implement, and Institutionalize Change and Reform
- 6.8 Food Sovereignty
- 6.9 Climate Change
- References
- Chapter Seven. Conclusions
- Abstract
- 7.1 Backdrop
- 7.2 Causes of Food Insecurity
- 7.3 Ways to Relieve Current Food and/or Nutrition Insecurity
- 7.4 Collateral Effects of Food Insecurity
- 7.5 What of the Future?
- 7.6 Top Priority—Women’s Empowerment and Gender Transformation
- Reference
- Epilogue: A Rude Awakening
- Index
- No. of pages: 230
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 26, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128015940
- eBook ISBN: 9780128017791
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John Michael Ashley
John Ashley graduated in botany from London University, and then applied that knowledge to the field of agriculture for his doctorate from that University, working with the groundnut crop in Uganda. He also holds a degree in psychology from Cambridge.
Dr Ashley has engaged in projects which have sought to help governments address current food insecurity, and increase resilience against future food insecurity. He has multi-sector program experience in agriculture and forestry, rural development, water, environment, education, nutrition and social transfers, roads and local government.
He has worked in some thirty vulnerable and/or conflict-prone countries for 40 years, especially in Africa and Asia. He was with FAO for five years, and then became an adviser to national governments in interventions funded by international banks or donor agencies. He has conducted research with grain legume and cereal improvement programs in Libya, Kenya, Uganda and Nepal, and taught agronomy, crop physiology, ecology and human nutrition at Makerere University, Uganda.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Food Security Adviser, Conseil Santé, Clichy, France