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Food Security in an Uncertain World
An International Perspective
Frontiers of Economics and Globalization Series
Authors: KENNEDY P. Lynn, SCHMITZ Andrew, SCHMITZ Troy G.
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Publication date: 11-2015
200 p. · Hardback
200 p. · Hardback
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International trade agreements are central to food security. The links
between trade and the four dimensions in food security (availability,
access, utilization, and stability) are examined. Freer trade in
agricultural products provides additional food security. This is bolstered
by factors such as increasing the use of GMOs, reducing food waste, and
increasing investment in research and development. Also important is the
ability of poor people to obtain food in the presence of transportation
bottlenecks. Since low-income households spend most of their money on
food, policy makers need to be aware of the harm caused by high and
volatile food prices. Thus, food security and poverty are very much
linked. We provide an understanding of the meaning and measurement of food
security and the impacts of government policies in poverty alleviation. In
terms of investment in research and development, even with increased
productivity, problems attached to food security will remain unless there
are significant changes in global income distribution. Global food
shortages are due more to the lack of purchasing power rather than lack of
food supplies, with the food gap continuing to widen.
Andrew Schmitz - University of Florida, USA
P. Lynn Kennedy - Louisiana State University, USA
Troy G. Schmitz - Arizona State University, USA
P. Lynn Kennedy - Louisiana State University, USA
Troy G. Schmitz - Arizona State University, USA
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