Seasons of Hunger Fighting Cycles of Starvation Among the World's Ru

by Devereux, Stephen; Vaitla, Bapu; Hauenstein Swan, Samuel

• ISBN13: 9780745328263
• ISBN10: 0745328261
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-20
• Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary

Explores the annual crisis in food production which leads to the scurge of seasonal hunger.

Author Biography

Stephen Devereux is a Research Fellow and a Director of the Centre for Social Protection at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.  Bapu Vaitla is an advocacy and research officer for Action Against Hunger.  Samuel Hauenstein Swan heads Hunger Watch, Action Against Hunger's research and advocacy department. Publications include: Women and Hunger, The Justice of Eating (co-edited), Local Voices and HIV and Hunger. Action Against Hunger (ACF) is an international humanitarian organisation committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and working with vulnerable populations in over 40 countries worldwide to preserve and restore their livelihoods with dignity. It has headquarters in Montreal, Paris, Madrid, London and New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword *Introduction *Those with Cold Hands *A World Full of Good Ideas *From Policy to Rights *Postscript: Oneness *Appendix A: The Cost of a Minimum Essential Intervention Package to Fight Seasonal Hunger *References and Further Reading *Index