Food insecurity, vulnerability and human rights failure
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Food insecurity, vulnerability and human rights failure
（Studies in development economics and policy series）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Table of Contents
- 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
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