Global Food Security Governance - 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 Global Food Security Governance write by Jessica Duncan. This book was released on 2015-03-24. Global Food Security Governance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 2007/8 world food prices spiked and global economic crisis set in, leaving hundreds of millions of people unable to access adequate food. The international reaction was swift. In a bid for leadership, the 123 member countries of the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adopted a series of reforms with the aim of becoming the foremost international, inclusive and intergovernmental platform for food security. Central to the reform was the inclusion of participants (including civil society and the private sector) across all activities of the Committee. Drawing on data collected from policy documents, interviews and participant observation, this book examines the re-organization and functioning of a UN Committee that is coming to be known as a best practice in global governance. Framed by key challenges that plague global governance, the impact and implication of increased civil society engagement are examined by tracing policy negotiations within the CFS, in particular, policy roundtables on smallholder sensitive investment and food price volatility and negotiations on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition. The author shows that through their participation in the Committee, civil society actors are influencing policy outcomes. Yet analysis also reveals that the CFS is being undermined by other actors seeking to gain and maintain influence at the global level. By way of this analysis, this book provides empirically-informed insights into increased participation in global governance processes.
Food Security Governance
Food Security Governance - 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 Food Security Governance write by Nora McKeon. This book was released on 2014-12-17. Food Security Governance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book fills a gap in the literature by setting food security in the context of evolving global food governance. Today’s food system generates hunger alongside of food waste, burgeoning health problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Applying food system analysis to review how the international community has addressed food issues since World War II, this book proceeds to explain how actors link up in corporate global food chains and in the local food systems that feed most of the world’s population. It unpacks relevant paradigms – from productivism to food sovereignty – and highlights the significance of adopting a rights-based approach to solving food problems. The author describes how communities around the world are protecting their access to resources and building better ways of producing and accessing food, and discusses the reformed Committee on World Food Security, a uniquely inclusive global policy forum, and how it could be supportive of efforts from the base. The book concludes by identifying terrains on which work is needed to adapt the practice of the democratic public sphere and accountable governance to a global dimension and extend its authority to the world of markets and corporations. This book will be of interest to students of food security, global governance, development studies and critical security studies in general.
Governance and Food Security in an Age of Globalization
Governance and Food Security in an Age of Globalization - 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 Governance and Food Security in an Age of Globalization write by Robert L. Paarlberg. This book was released on 2002-01-01. Governance and Food Security in an Age of Globalization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Commissioned by the International Food Policy Research Institute, this discussion paper asks who is responsible for assuring food security in an age of globalization? Paarlberg (political science, Wellesley College) argues that significant hunger persists in some regions largely because of governance deficits and failures at the national, rather than the global, level. He then suggests options for improving the performance of national governments in countries increasingly affected by hunger (particularly those in Africa). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Brazil’s Emerging Role in Global Governance
Brazil’s Emerging Role in Global Governance - 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 Brazil’s Emerging Role in Global Governance write by M. Fraundorfer. This book was released on 2015-02-11. Brazil’s Emerging Role in Global Governance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author examines Brazil's emerging role as an important actor in various sectors of global governance. By exploring how Brazil's exercise of power developed over the last decade in the sectors of health, food security and bioenergy, this book sheds light on the power strategies of an emerging country from the global south.
Food Governance in India
Food Governance 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 Food Governance in India write by Ruchita Beri. This book was released on 2022-03-30. Food Governance in India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers insights into the issues around food security, public health, equity and global governance. With a focus on India, it highlights the complex networks of sociopolitical, economic and agricultural challenges to ensure self-sufficiency in food production. Based on field research conducted across India and an in-depth study on government agencies and multilateral fora, this book connects and juxtaposes global, national and local narratives on food security and policy. It analyses issues ranging from climate change to gaps in the nation-wide public food distribution systems. Through interdisciplinary narratives on food insecurity and poverty, the book exposes the underlying problems within policy frameworks and offers solutions for greater accessibility and distribution of food supplies while combating climate variability and agrarian distress. The volume explores global food governance norms and India’s role in further shaping them. It will be of interest to students and researchers of public policy and governance, development studies, sociology, agriculture studies, public health and nutrition and economics.
