Global Food Crisis : Governance Challenges and Opportunities, Paperback by Cl...

Global Food Crisis : Governance Challenges and Opportunities, Paperback by Clapp, Jennifer (EDT); Cohen, Marc J. (EDT), ISBN 1554581923, ISBN-13 9781554581924, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USEditors Clapp (International Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs) and Cohen (Humanitarian Researcher at Oxfam America) have assembled a group of policy makers and scholars to examine the causes and consequences of the current global food crisis, especially in terms of that crisis affects the food security of the world's poorest countries. Essays examine food price volatility and the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. Among contributors' recommendations are vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer rules for international agricultural trade; promoting sustainable agriculture; placing agriculture higher on the climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()