Agriculture and Food in Crisis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agriculture and Food in Crisis write by Fred Magdoff. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Agriculture and Food in Crisis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The failures of “free-market” capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. Although modern human societies have attained unprecedented levels of wealth, a significant amount of the world’s population continues to suffer from hunger or food insecurity on a daily basis. In Agriculture and Food in Crisis, Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar have assembled an exceptional collection of scholars from around the world to explore this frightening long-term trend in food production. While approaching the issue from many angles, the contributors to this volume share a focus on investigating how agricultural production is shaped by a system that is oriented around the creation of profit above all else, with food as nothing but an afterthought. As the authors make clear, it is technically possible to feed to world’s people, but it is not possible to do so as long as capitalism exists. Toward that end, they examine what can be, and is being, done to create a human-centered and ecologically sound system of food production, from sustainable agriculture and organic farming on a large scale to movements for radical land reform and national food sovereignty. This book will serve as an indispensible guide to the years ahead, in which world politics will no doubt come to be increasingly understood as food politics.
Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture
Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture write by Rami Zurayk. This book was released on 2018-09-18. Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume sets out to explore the dialectic relating agriculture, crisis and conflict, and attempts to expand the knowledge on these interactions. Part 1 of the volume (chapters 1-6) discusses thematic issues and methodological approaches to understanding the intersection of agriculture, crisis and conflict. Part 2 (chapters 7-20) provides case studies that take a detailed approach to understanding agricultural contexts facing crisis and conflict, or the role played by agriculture within crisis and conflict. Studies are selected from areas that might be expected to feature in such a volume (the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Latin America) as well as less obvious regions where conflict within agriculture refers not to widespread violence or wars but rather latent or simmering crisis (Central Asia and Europe). Crises stemming from politically-driven violence, natural disasters and climate change are covered, as well as competition over resources.
Agrarian Crisis in the United States
Agrarian Crisis in the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agrarian Crisis in the United States write by Anthony Pahnke. This book was released on 2023-04-14. Agrarian Crisis in the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From fragile, corporate-controlled supply chains breaking down, to millions of already hyper-exploited farmworkers risking their lives in the fields without basic personal protective equipment, the COVID-19 pandemic made it painfully obvious that US agriculture does not work. Agrarian Crisis in the United States: Pathways for Reform situates the many food system problems that the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare in historical context across four key policy areas, namely, in land, labor, markets, and the environment. In applying and building from the work of Jürgen Habermas, Agrarian Crisis in the United States highlights how deep-seated problems concerning systemic racism, economic inequality, and political legitimacy endanger the US food and farm system’s future. Besides analyzing crises, it presents solutions that would make agriculture in the United States more just and resilient through the implementation of certain communication and policy strategies. Its original argument, as well as a novel set of remedies, will appeal to scholars and activists with interests in agrarian studies, environmental policy, and social movements.
Agrarian Crisis in India
Agrarian Crisis in India - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agrarian Crisis in India write by D. Narasimha Reddy. This book was released on 2010-06-23. Agrarian Crisis in India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the macro- and micro-level issues associated with agrarian distress. It analyses structural, institutional, and policy changes, highlighting the failure of public support system in agriculture. The crisis manifests itself in the form of deceleration in growth and distress of farmers. The case studies from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Punjab bring out the diversity of conditions prevalent in the states.
Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides
Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides write by R S Deshpande. This book was released on 2010-11-10. Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume is the twelfth in the series ‘Land Reforms in India’. The essays in this volume bring out the multi-dimensional aspects of the agrarian crisis, and its impact on farmers’ suicides leading to public policy. A distinctive feature of this collection is its holistic approach towards viewing farm sector distress, instead of looking for isolated causes and solutions.
