03779oam 2200661I 450 991046304420332120200520144314.00-203-08413-61-283-84608-X1-136-18966-110.4324/9780203084137 (CKB)2670000000299009(EBL)1075376(OCoLC)821176402(SSID)ssj0000826859(PQKBManifestationID)11452957(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000826859(PQKBWorkID)10821341(PQKB)11465021(MiAaPQ)EBC1075376(Au-PeEL)EBL1075376(CaPaEBR)ebr10630793(CaONFJC)MIL415858(OCoLC)893519127(EXLCZ)99267000000029900920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of land and food scarcity /edited by Paolo De Castro. [et al.]New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (169 p.)Earthscan food and agriculture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-63824-0 0-415-63823-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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"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. "--Provided by publisher.Earthscan food and agriculture.Food supplyFood securityElectronic books.Food supply.Food security.338.1/9De Castro Paolo1958-89035MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463044203321The politics of land and food scarcity2020254UNINA