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Eise, Jessica (ed.); Foster, Kenneth Alan (ed.) - 2018

By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How can we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering...

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Understanding Food Insecurity : Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design

Sassi, Maria - 2018

This book provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of food insecurity, including definitional and conceptual issues, information systems and data sources, indicators, and policies. The aim is to equip readers with a sound understanding of the subject that will assist in the recognition...

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Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

Kalkuhl, Matthias (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.); … - 2016

This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from...

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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security : Aspects of Euro-Mediteranean Business Cooperation

Mattas, Konstadinos (ed.); Baourakis, George (ed.); … - 2018

This book brings together research on cooperative management from the agriculture and food sector. By examining issues from food-policy, trade and environmental perspectives and presenting both methodological and empirical work, it allows readers to develop a deeper understanding of collective...

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Rice Productivity and Food Security in India : A Study of the System of Rice Intensification

Varma, Poornima - 2017

security. Conducted on behalf of the Government of India’s Ministry of Agriculture from October 2014 to March 2016, the study … collected detailed and extensive household-level data. As the second largest producer and consumer, India plays an important … role in the global rice economy. Food security in India has been traditionally defined as having a sufficient supply of …

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Globalisation and the challenges of development in contemporary India

Venkateswar, Sita (ed.); Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (ed.) - 2016 - 1. edition

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Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India

Ghosh, Madhusudan - 2015

agricultural diversification in Eastern India. In recent years, Indian agriculture has been diversifying from cereals to high … development in India …

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The Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States

Alston, Julian M. - 2017

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future...

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The Economics of Addictive Behaviours Volume IV : The Private and Social Costs of Overeating and their Remedies

Joshua, John - 2017

This title offers an in-depth analysis of the psychological causes and consequences of, and proposed interventions for over-eating. The author examines the history of obesity and its distribution by social class and geography, the environmental effects of overconsumption and economic remedies...

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The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies

Swinnen, Johan - 2018

Food and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries. Today, more than half a trillion US dollars are spent by some governments to support farmers, while other governments...

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