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      Food Security, Agricultural Policies and Economic Growth: Long-term Dynamics in the Past, Present and Future

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      Using a political-economic approach and insights from human ecology, this volume analyses the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth in the past, present and future. It shows how the evolution of food security in different regions has been influen...

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      Product ID:9781138803053
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Earthscan Food and Agriculture
      Title:Food Security, Agricultural Policies and Economic Growth
      Subtitle:Long-term Dynamics in the Past, Present and Future
      Authors:Author: Niek Koning
      Page Count:274
      Subjects:Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Food security and supply, Agriculture and farming, Agriculture & related industries, Food security & supply, Agriculture & farming
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      Using a political-economic approach and insights from human ecology, this volume analyses the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth in the past, present and future. It shows how the evolution of food security in different regions has been influenced by their farm policy choices, and how this relates to debates on food security and economic growth and with international economic policies.


      Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth. The book begins by discussing the nature of preindustrial food crises and the changes that have occurred since the 19th century with the ascent of technical science and the fossil fuel revolution. It explains how these changes improved living standards but that the realization of this improvement was usually dependent on government support for smallholder modernization. 

      The author sets out how the evolution of food security in different regions has been influenced by farm policy choices and how these choices were shaped by local societal characteristics, international relations and changing configurations in metropolitan countries. Separate chapters are devoted to the interaction of this evolution with debates on food security and economic growth and with international economic policies. The final chapters highlight the new challenges for global food security that will arise as traditional sources of biomass production and the more easily extractable reserves of fossil biomass become depleted or can no longer be used. Overall, the book emphasizes the inadequacy of current explanations with regard to these challenges. It explores what is needed to ensure a sustainable future and calls for a rethinking of these issues; a necessary reflection in today''s unstable global political situation.


      Imprint Name:Routledge
      Publisher Name:Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2017-04-26

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      Weight428 g
      Dimensions235 × 160 × 16 mm