Food insecurity, vulnerability and human rights failure / edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Shabd S. Acharya and Benjamin Davis
2007
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Signatura***
TítuloFood insecurity, vulnerability and human rights failure / edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Shabd S. Acharya and Benjamin Davis
Resúmen
pt. 1. Vulnerability to hunger : causes and remedies: National food policies impacting on food security : the experience of a large populated country : India / Shabd 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 / Andrew Charman and James Hodge ; On the edge : the role of food-based safety nets in helping vulnerable households manage food insecurity / Lynn Brown and Ugo Gentilini ;The public distribution systems of foodgrains and implications for food security : a comparison of the experiences of India and China / Zhang-Yue Zhou and Guanghua Wan. --pt. 2. Gender and hunger : the links: Gender, HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods : micro-level investigations in three African countries / John Curry, Esther Wiegers, Alessandra Garbero, Shannon Stokes and John Hourihan ; Gender, local knowledge and lessons learnt in documenting and conserving agrobiodiversity / Yianna Lambrou and Regina Laub ; Gender differentiation in the analysis of alternative farm mechanization choices on small farms in Kenya / Julliet Wanjiku, John Uhuru Manyengo, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, and Joseph T. Karugia ; Women and food security in South Asia : current issues and emerging concerns / Nira Ramachandran. -- pt. 3. 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 / Patrick Webb and Andrew Thorne-Lyman ; The right to food as a fundamental human right : FAO's experience / Isabella Rae, Julian Thomas and Margret Vidar ; Realizing the right to food in South Asia / Pradeep Bhargava and Manju Balana ; Rights-based approach to development : lessons from the right to food movement in India / Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and S. Vivek.
Signatura topográfica
UNU/WIDER(02)/F686
AutoresGuha-Khasnobis, Basudeb
Acharya, S.S.
Davis, Benjamin
World Institute for Development Economics Research
Acharya, S.S.
Davis, Benjamin
World Institute for Development Economics Research
FechaBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007
Descripción
xxv, 368 p. : chart, graphs, tables
Notas
"In association with the United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economic Research".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN / ISSN
9780230553576
0230553575
0230553575