Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-349-36337-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 497 g

Reihe: Studies in Development Economics and Policy

This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb

Davis, Benjamin

Acharya, Shabd S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface PART I: VULNERABILITY TO HUNGER: CAUSES AND REMEDIES National Food Policies impacting on Food Security: The Experience of a Large Populated Country - India; S.S.Acharya Food Security in the South Pacific Island Countries with Special Reference to the Fiji Islands; K.L.Sharma Food Security in the SADC Region: An Assessment of National Trade Strategy in the Context of the 2001-03 Food Crisis; A.Charman & J.Hodge On the Edge: The Role of Food-Based Safety Nets in Helping Vulnerable Households Manage Food Insecurity; L.Brown & U.Gentilini The Public Distribution Systems of Foodgrains and Implications for Food Security: A Comparison of the Experiences of India and China; Z.-Y.Zhou & G.Wan PART II: GENDER AND HUNGER: THE LINKS Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods: Micro-Level Investigations in Three African Countries; J.Curry, E.Wiegers, A.Garbero, S.Stokes & J.Hourihan Gender, Local Knowledge and Lessons Learnt in Documenting and Conserving Agrobiodiversity; Y.Lambrou & R.Laub Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in Kenya; J.Wanjiku, J.U.Manyengo, W.Oluoch-Kosura & J.T.Karugia Women and Food Security in South Asia: Current Issues and Emerging Concerns; N.Ramachandran PART III: 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.Webb & A.Thorne-Lyman The Right to Food as a Fundamental Human Right: FAO's Experience; I.Rae, J.Thomas & M.Vidar Realizing the Right to Food in South Asia; P.Bhargava & M.Balana Rights-Based Approach to Development: Lessons from the Right to Food Movement in India; B.Guha-Khasnobis & S.Vivek

Über Autor(innen)

MANJU BALANA Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India
PRADEEP BHARGAVA Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India
LYNN BROWN Rural Development Specialist, World Bank, USA
ANDREW CHARMAN Director, Sustainable Livelihood Consultants, Cape Town, South Africa
JOHN CURRY Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
ALESSANDRA GARBERO, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
UGO GENTILINI Policy Economist, Social Protection and Livelihoods Service, UN World Food Programme (WFP)
JAMES HODGE Engagement Manager at Genesis Analytics; Seasonal Lecturer, WITS
JOHN HOURIHAN Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
JOSEPH T. KARUGIA Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya
YIANNA LAMBROU Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
REGINA LAUB Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
JOHN UHURU MANYENGO Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kakamega, Kenya
WILLIS OLUOCH-KOSURA Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya
ISABELLA RAE Right to Food Consultant, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO)
NIRA RAMACHANDRAN Consultant, Unicef, New Delhi, India
K. L. SHARMA School of Economics, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
SHANNON STOKES Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
JULIAN THOMAS Former Coordinator, Right to Food Unit, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
ANDREW THORNE-LYMAN Public Health Nutrition Officer, Headquarters of the World Food Programme
MARGRET VIDAR Legal Officer, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO)
S. VIVEK Graduate Student, Syracuse University, USA
GUANGHUA WAN Senior Research Fellow, Project Director and Director for Visiting Fellowship and Internship Programme, UNU-WIDER, Finland
JULLIET WANJIKU World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya
PATRICK WEBB Former Chief of Nutrition for WFP; Dean for Academic Affairs, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, USA
ESTHER SILVANA WIEGERS Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Gender and Development Division, Rome, Italy
ZHANGYUE ZHOU Associate Professor in Business Studies, School of Business, James Cook University, Australia