Description
In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda. Since the 2007/8 food price crisis, a number of works have been published on the topic, addressed from various perspectives: economic, social and cultural, environmental, agronomic and climate change. Very rarely is there a comprehensive approach, which also includes the crucial issue of politics.
Through a multidisciplinary approach, this book provides an overview of the new global challenges connected with land, food supply and agriculture. It also contributes to engagement in a new global food policy, through a political analysis of land and food scarcity, including 'land grabs' by affluent countries in poorer nations. It does not simply raise the debate; rather it aspires to move forward the debate that has started with the G20 meetings. It discusses how national governments, local agricultural policies and supranational entities are facing the new scenario of feeding a growing population when land resources are limited and subject to competing claims.
Table of Contents
Foreword Romano Prodi Part 1: Food Insecurity 1. There Are More of Us; We窶决e Better off. And Now? 2. Nature Calling 3. Reckoning with Instability Interview: with Franz Fischler (Ex European Commissioner for Agriculture) Part 2: Everyone窶冱 Problem 4. Fat Cows, Lean Cows 5. Land Ahoy! Interview: with Michael Taylor (International Land Coalition) Part 3: A Global Food Security Policy 6. Starting from G20 Contributions: Policy Makers Taking Responsibility 窶� Martin Schulz, President of the S&D Group, European Parliament; More Research and Greater Courage to Change 窶� Joseph Daul, President of the EPP Group, European Parliament
