The politics of land and food scarcity / / edited by Paolo De Castro. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822410403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-18965-3; 0-203-08413-6; 1-283-84608-X; 1-136-18966-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Collana: Earthscan food and agriculture series
• Classificazione: SOC055000POL028000TEC003000
• Altri autori (Persone): De CastroPaolo <1958->
• Disciplina: 338.1/9
• Soggetti: Food supply; Food security
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; List of illustrations; Introduction and acknowledgements; PART I: Food insecurity; 1 There are more of us; we're better off. And now?; The return of scarcity; From the land to the city; Stomach and reservoir; One revolution to complete and one to build; 2 Nature calling; The value of diversity; The consistency of water; The climatic 'unknown'; An unsustainable waste; 3 Reckoning with instability; Sensitive markets; The interaction between climate and energy; The role of reserves; One ban too many; Speculating on speculation?; Three crises, only one alarmWho pays for 'agflation'?; Interview with Franz Fischler (Former European Commissioner for Agriculture); PART II: Everyone's problem; 4 Fat cows, lean cows; The new commercial order; The weight of growth; Bread and democracy; A bitter awakening; 5 Land ahoy!; The deal of the century; Soil, the last refuge; Who's buying and who's selling; State intervention; Private initiatives; An 'unconventional factor of insecurity'; Best practice; Investment and human rights; Interview with Michael Taylor (International Land Coalition programme manager); PART III: A global policy for food security6 Starting from G20; ; Contributions; Policy-makers taking responsibility; More research and greater courage to change; An ever greener revolution; The rules on trade; More transparency, more efficiency; Working hypotheses on reserves, biofuels and help for the poor; Managing the risk; Between protection and liberalisation; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda. Through a multidisciplinary approach, this book provides an overview of the new global challenges connected with land, food supply and agriculture. It does not simply raise the debate; rather it aspires to move forward the debate that has started with the G20 meetings. "--