Description
Food Security
Dimensions of Security Series
Author: McDonald Bryan L.
Language: EnglishSubject for Food Security:
Publication date: 12-2010
200 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2010
200 p. · 14.5x22.4 cm · Hardback
Description
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This detailed and comprehensive introduction to the major issues impacting global food security will be essential reading for students and scholars in security studies, international politics, and environmental studies.
Abbreviations.
Introduction: Twenty-first Century Challenges to Food Security.
1. Food Security and the Global Food System.
2. From Local to Global: Shifts in World Food Systems.
3. Global Trends Impacting Food Security.
4. Ensuring Proper Nutrition: The Challenge of Malnutrition in an Era of Global Change.
5. Managing Global Environmental Change: The Environmental Impacts of Agriculture and Food Production.
6. Optimizing Food Safety: Threats to Health and Food Security from Disease, Contamination and Biological Weapons.
Conclusion: Sustainable Food Security.
References.
Index.