Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure

by Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Acharya, Shabd S.; Davis, Benjamin

• ISBN13: 9780230553576
• ISBN10: 0230553575
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Do we have a right to food? The significance of a human rights approach, and the way in which it translates to gender considerations, with links to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment, adds a new dimension to the problem of world hunger. By exploring these approaches to hunger this volume is novel in its shift away from rather obvious research on macro food availability to more composite dimensions cutting across economics, sociology, law and politics. With regional experiences and country case studies this constitutes an invaluable collection for researchers and activists trying to make a difference. Book jacket.

Author Biography

BASUDEB GUHA-KHASNOBIS is a Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA. His research interests are international economics, development economics, emerging market finance, informal labour markets and food security.

SHABD S. ACHARYA is Honorary Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, India, Vice President of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and President of the Agricultural Economics Research Association of India. He is published extensively in agricultural economics, agricultural marketing, and agricultural development and policy.

BENJAMIN DAVIS is an Economist with the Agricultural Development Economics Division of the FAO. His research focuses on the interplay between off farm activities, migration, food security and rural development.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Boxes and Figures	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Notes on the Contributors	p. xiv
Introduction	p. xvii
Vulnerability to Hunger: Causes and Remedies
National Food Policies Impacting on Food Security: The Experience of a Large Populated Country - India	p. 3
Food Security in the South Pacific Island Countries with Special Reference to the Fiji Islands	p. 35
Food Security in the SADC Region: An Assessment of National Trade Strategy in the Context of the 2001-03 Food Crisis	p. 58
On the Edge: The Role of Food-based Safety Nets in Helping Vulnerable Households Manage Food Insecurity	p. 82
The Public Distribution Systems of Foodgrains and Implications for Food Security: A Comparison of the Experiences of India and China	p. 106
Gender and Hunger: The Links
Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods: Micro-level Investigations in Three African Countries	p. 131
Gender, Local Knowledge and Lessons Learnt in Documenting and Conserving Agrobiodiversity	p. 161
Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in Kenya	p. 194
Women and Food Security in South Asia: Current Issues and Emerging Concerns	p. 219
Hunger as Entitlement Failure: The Right to Food
Entitlement Failure from a Food Quality Perspective: The Life and Death Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Humanitarian Crises	p. 243
The Right to Food as a Fundamental Human Right: FAO's Experience	p. 266
Realizing the Right to Food in South Asia	p. 286
The Rights-based Approach to Development: Lessons from the Right to Food Movement in India	p. 308
Index	p. 329
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