Bibliograph

The global food crisis, governance challenges and opportunities, Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen, editors

Type

Label

The global food crisis, governance challenges and opportunities, Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen, editors

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The global food crisis

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen, editors

Series statement

Studies in international governance series

Sub title

governance challenges and opportunities

Summary

The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world's poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Target audience

adult

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