Description
| Product ID: | 9781472437426 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Trade, Food Security, and Human Rights |
| Subtitle: | The Rules for International Trade in Agricultural Products and the Evolving World Food Crisis |
| Authors: | Author: Ying Chen |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Politics and government, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship, International economics, International law, Public international law: human rights, Environment law, Social law and Medical law, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Politics & government, Human rights, Civil rights & citizenship, International economics, International law, International human rights law, Environment law, Social law, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | The author argues here that there is no absolute food shortage and that distorted agricultural trade which undermines world food distribution is a vital and overlooked factor. Most scholars attribute systemic causes of food insecurity to poverty, human overpopulation, lack of farmland, and expansion of biofuel programs. However, as Chen argues here, another significant factor has been overlooked. The current food insecurity is not absolute food shortage, since global food production still exceeds the need of the entire world population, but a problem of how to secure access to resources. Distorted agricultural trade undermines world food distribution, and uneven distribution impedes people’s access to food, particularly in poor developing countries. Examining EU and US agricultural policies and World Trade Organization negotiations in agriculture, the author argues how they affect the international agricultural trade, claiming that current food insecurity is the result of inequitable food distribution and trade practices. The international trade regime is advised to reconcile trade rules with the consideration of food security issues. Several other enforceable solutions to reduce world hunger and malnutrition are also advanced, including national capacity building, the improvement of governance, and strategic development of biofuel programs. This book will be of great interest to agricultural trade professionals and consultant policy makers in the EU, US and developing countries. Students and researchers with a concentration on international trade, agriculture economics, global governance and international law will benefit greatly from this study. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-09-25 |
