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Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H. Katz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2881243320
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000113761
Originally published in 1990. Produced by the Task Force on African Famine of the American Anthropological Association, this is the first of a multi-part project dealing with the long-term and ongoing food crisis in Africa primarily at the level of local production-the microperspective. It offers a series of anthropological and ecological views on the cause of the current problem and on coping strategies used by both indigenous people and developmental planners. The three sections of this volume review current explanations for food problems in Africa, focusing mainly on production and consumption at the household level; they offer a number of perspectives on the environmental, historical, political, and economic contexts for food stress, and include a series of case studies showing the ways in which Africans have responded to the threat of drought and hunger. The extent of research and the degree of scholarship involved in the production of this volume recommend it to all persons concerned with this ultimately global dilemma, particularly those involved in planning and relief efforts.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H. Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 2881243339
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000124316
Originally published in 1991. Commissioned by the Task Force on African Famine of the American Anthropological Association, this the second part of a project examining the causes of food system failure in Africa and the effects of attempts to remedy the situation. It evaluates the often-retrogressive results of foreign aid to African nations and offers an anthropological perspective on how to reverse this trend. The contributors emphasize integrating all development programs with the regional customs and traditions already in place that have thus far allowed its people to cope with food and water shortages. In the past, various strategies have failed due to misunderstandings and incorrect assumptions concerning gender roles, food consumption habits, social relations, kinship networks, land use and government function. New understanding of the culture must be complemented with multifaceted programs incorporating education, a concern for grass-roots opinion and control, attention to production and consumption patterns, and various forms of broad-spectrum integrated development. The uniqueness research is recommended for all who are concerned about worldwide malnutrition and those who understand the need to recognize local traditions as resources that must be included in any successful development program.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H. Katz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1206357118
Author : A. Ker,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9780889367937
Farming Systems of the African Savanna: A continent in crisis
Author : Christopher Rosin,Paul Stock,Hugh Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136529429
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000124309
Originally published in 1990. Produced by the Task Force on African Famine of the American Anthropological Association, this is the first of a multi-part project dealing with the long-term and ongoing food crisis in Africa primarily at the level of local production-the microperspective. It offers a series of anthropological and ecological views on the cause of the current problem and on coping strategies used by both indigenous people and developmental planners. The three sections of this volume review current explanations for food problems in Africa, focusing mainly on production and consumption at the household level; they offer a number of perspectives on the environmental, historical, political, and economic contexts for food stress, and include a series of case studies showing the ways in which Africans have responded to the threat of drought and hunger. The extent of research and the degree of scholarship involved in the production of this volume recommend it to all persons concerned with this ultimately global dilemma, particularly those involved in planning and relief efforts.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H. Katz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2881243061
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Rebecca Huss-Ashmore,Solomon H. Katz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 2881243339
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows. Symposium
Publisher : IITA
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9789781312984
Author : Eric Holt-Gimenez,Raj Patel
Publisher : Food First Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780935028416
Today there are over a billion hungry people on the planet, more than ever before in history. While the global food crisis dropped out of the news in 2008, it returned in 2011 (and is threatening us again in 2012) and remains a painful reality for the world's poor and underserved. Why, in a time of record harvests, are a record number of people going hungry? And why are a handful of corporations making record profits? In Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice, authors Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel with Annie Shattuck offer us the real story behind the global food crisis and document the growing trend of grassroots solutions to hunger spreading around the world. Food Rebellions! contains up to date information about the current political and economic realities of our food systems. Anchored in political economy and an historical perspective, it is a valuable academic resource for understanding the root causes of hunger, growing inequality, the industrial agri-foods complex, and political unrest. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Holt-Giménez and Patel give a detailed historical analysis of the events that led to the global food crisis and document the grassroots initiatives of social movements working to forge food sovereignty around the world. These social movements and this inspiring book compel readers to confront the crucial question: Who is hungry, why, and what can we do about it?
Author : Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581982
The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world’s poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine 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. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Author : Dorosh, Paul A.,Babu, Suresh Chandra
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Armed conflict combined with prolonged drought has put about 20 million people at risk of starvation and death in Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and northern Nigeria. The international development and aid communities are caught between the enormity of the humanitarian crisis, which demands an estimated US$4.4 billion to address, and the lack of resources forthcoming from donors. Food crises, famine-like conditions, and famines recur with regularity in many developing countries (see Box 1 for definitions of terms). Although the current famines can be largely attributed to conflicts, chronic food insecurity also threatens several other African countries. For example, 6.7 million people were affected by Malawi’s largest food crisis in decades in 2016–2017, and the country remains vulnerable to weather extremes that could create food emergencies (World Bank 2017). In Kenya, food security has deteriorated since the end of 2016 and half of its 47 counties face food shortages (Chatterjee and Mengistu 2017). How do countries prepare to prevent shocks—natural and man-made—from generating food crises? What does it take to break the cycle of chronic food insecurity and build resilient food systems? How have some countries managed to prevent drought from leading to famine? In this brief, we document lessons for building resilient food systems to prevent future famines.
Author : Gaëlle Balineau,Arthur Bauer,Martin Kessler,Nicole Madariaga
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464815898
Rapid population growth, poorly planned urbanization, and evolving agricultural production and distribution practices are changing foodways in African cities and creating challenges: Africans are increasingly facing hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition. Yet change also creates new opportunities. The food economy currently is the main source of jobs on the continent, promising more employment in the near future in farming, food processing, and food product distribution. These opportunities are undermined, however, by inefficient links among farmers, intermediaries, and consumers, leading to the loss of one-third of all food produced. This volume is an in-depth analysis of food system shortcomings in three West African cities: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Rabat, Morocco; and Niamey, Niger. Using the lens of geographical economics and sociology, the authors draw on quantitative and qualitative field surveys and case studies to offer insightful analyses of political institutions. They show the importance of “hard†? physical infrastructure, such as transport, storage, and wholesale and retail market facilities. They also describe the “soft†? infrastructure of institutions that facilitate trade, such as interpersonal trust, market information systems, and business climates. The authors find that the vague mandates and limited capacities of national trade and agriculture ministries, regional and urban authorities, neighborhood councils, and market cooperatives often hamper policy interventions. This volume comes to a simple conclusion: international development policy makers and their financial and technical partners have neglected urban markets for far too long, and now is the time to rethink and reinvest in this complex yet crucial subject.
