The feeding of nations : re-defining food security for the 21st century /
Gibson, Mark
The feeding of nations : re-defining food security for the 21st century / Mark Gibson - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012 - 640 p. : tables, diagr.
SIP1806
Food security : what is it, how and who does it affect? -- Food security : what is it? -- By whose standards? -- Popular definitions -- Understanding food security -- Confusion, consternation and contradiction -- Measuring and monitoring the food insecure -- Identifying the vulnerable -- Food security : the global picture -- History : a fledgling construct -- Sociocultural evolution -- Governance, philosophy, politics, and economics -- Science, technology, and philosophy -- History : twentieth century -- Twentieth century : the feeding of nations : a new global enthusiasm -- The inter-war years 1919-1939 -- World War Two : 1939-1945 -- The post-war years -- The development decade : 1960s -- Famine, oil, and the food crisis : 1970s -- The lost development decade : 1980s -- The era of the conference : 1990s -- The twenty-first century : ideological convergence? -- A sectoral analysis : food security and -- Agriculture, forestry and fisheries -- Science and technology -- Socio-cultural -- Health and nutrition -- Environment and natural resources -- Governance, politics, and economics -- Final analysis : food security -- Causality and future research -- Redefining food security -- Food for thought : discussion and considerations.
9781138198517 (pbk) 9781439839508 (hbk)
agriculture--industry--finance--food--population--security--technology--poverty--developing countries--environment--statistics--development--health--trade--development aid--historical presentation
The feeding of nations : re-defining food security for the 21st century / Mark Gibson - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012 - 640 p. : tables, diagr.
SIP1806
Food security : what is it, how and who does it affect? -- Food security : what is it? -- By whose standards? -- Popular definitions -- Understanding food security -- Confusion, consternation and contradiction -- Measuring and monitoring the food insecure -- Identifying the vulnerable -- Food security : the global picture -- History : a fledgling construct -- Sociocultural evolution -- Governance, philosophy, politics, and economics -- Science, technology, and philosophy -- History : twentieth century -- Twentieth century : the feeding of nations : a new global enthusiasm -- The inter-war years 1919-1939 -- World War Two : 1939-1945 -- The post-war years -- The development decade : 1960s -- Famine, oil, and the food crisis : 1970s -- The lost development decade : 1980s -- The era of the conference : 1990s -- The twenty-first century : ideological convergence? -- A sectoral analysis : food security and -- Agriculture, forestry and fisheries -- Science and technology -- Socio-cultural -- Health and nutrition -- Environment and natural resources -- Governance, politics, and economics -- Final analysis : food security -- Causality and future research -- Redefining food security -- Food for thought : discussion and considerations.
9781138198517 (pbk) 9781439839508 (hbk)
agriculture--industry--finance--food--population--security--technology--poverty--developing countries--environment--statistics--development--health--trade--development aid--historical presentation