Food Security

William A. Kerr

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Abstract: As the world population increases, food security is a major global issue. This book provides an in-depth examination of the three necessary conditions for the achievement of food security: (1) availability of food; (2) adequate incomes and (3) increasing agricultural productivity. The author draws lessons from history, explores these three conditions and discusses the prospect of feeding an expected nine billion people in 2050.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781035312702
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The three pillars of food security - availability, adequate income and increasing productivity , pp 1-12

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Ch 2 Famine - failed food security , pp 14-25

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Ch 3 Hardship - the toll of rising prices , pp 26-37

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Ch 4 Local - the myth of self-sufficiency , pp 38-47

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Ch 5 Trade - its central role in availability , pp 48-64

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Ch 6 Food aid - the last resort , pp 65-74

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Ch 7 Man-made crises - war, conflict and food as a weapon , pp 75-89

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Ch 8 Poverty policy - food policy versus incomes policy , pp 91-96

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Ch 9 Price policies - the perils of keeping food prices low , pp 97-105

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Ch 10 Food entitlements - stamps and other targeted policies , pp 106-116

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Ch 11 Food deserts - food poverty amongst plenty , pp 117-127

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Ch 12 Food banks - the limits of food charity , pp 128-134

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Ch 13 Directly raising incomes - does reducing poverty lead to food security? , pp 135-142

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Ch 14 The race against time - escaping the Malthusian trap , pp 144-150

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Ch 15 Climate change - the changing geography of food security , pp 151-158

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Ch 16 Science for tomorrow - the long lags in productivity enhancement , pp 159-170

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Ch 17 Can we bet on big science? - science is only a necessary condition , pp 171-177

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Ch 18 Social science and increasing productivity - lessons from the Green Revolution , pp 178-187

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Ch 19 Financing investments in productivity - the need for a mixed strategy , pp 188-198

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Ch 20 The challenge of 2050 - will the nine billion all be seated with food in front of them? , pp 200-210

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