Food rebellions! : crisis and the hunger for justice
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Food rebellions! : crisis and the hunger for justice
Pambazuka Press , Food First Books , Grassroots International, 2009
- : pbk. (UK)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-252) and index
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Description
Food Rebellions! takes a deep look at the world food crisis and its impact on the global South and underserved communities in the industrial North. Eric Holt-Gimenez and Raj Patel unpack the planet's environmentally and economically vulnerable food systems to reveal the root causes of the crisis. They shows us how the steady erosion of local and national control over their food systems has made nations dependent on a volatile global market and subject to the short-term interests of a handful of transnational agri-food monopolies. Food Rebellions! is a powerful handbook for those seeking to understand the causes and potential solutions to the current food crisis now affecting nearly half of the world's people. Why are food riots occurring around the world in a time of record harvests? What are the real impacts of agrofuels and genetically engineered crops? Food Rebellions! suggests that to solve the food crisis, we must change the global food system-from the bottom up and from the top down. The book frames the current food crisis as unique opportunity to develop productive local food systems that are engines for sustainable economic development.
Hunger and poverty, the authors insist, can be eliminated by democratising food systems and respecting people's right to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and to food-producing resources-in short, by advancing food sovereignty.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Walden Bello Introduction to the Global Food Crisis Part One - The Real Story Behind The World Food Crisis 2 Hunger, Harvests and Profits: The Tragic Records of the Global Food Crisis 3 Root Causes: How the Industrial Agrifoods Complex Ate the Global South 4 The Overproduction of Hunger: Uncle Sam's Farm and Food Bill 5 Agrofuels: A Bad Idea at the Worst Possible Time 6 Summing Up the Crisis Part Two - What We Can Do About It 7 Overcoming the Crisis: Transforming the Food System 8 Africa and the End of Hunger 9 The Challenge of Food Sovereignty in Northern Countries 10 Epilogue
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