NAPA Bulletin, Number 32, The Global Food Crisis New Insights into an Age-old Problem
by Himmelgreen, David; Kedia, SatishFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-01-05
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
The NAPA Bulletin series is dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. These papers demonstrate the diverse ways in which anthropology can be used to address the global food crisis while directly responding to local realities. Experts explore the dilemma of food insecurity in developing and industrialized countries Practicing and applied anthropologists, sociologists and public health workers, examine the global food crisis through a variety of theoretical and analytical frameworks Examines the ways in which food policies and economic restructuring have contributed to increasing food inequities across the globe
Table of Contents
| Anthropological Approaches to the Global Food Crisis: Understanding and Addressing the "Silent Tsunami" | |
| Rising Food Prices, Social Mobilizations, and Violence: Conceptual Issues in Understanding and Responding to the Connections Linking Hunger and Conflict | |
| Dealing with the Global Food Crisis in Local Settings: Nonintensive Agricultural in Lesotho, Southern Africa | |
| Asking the Right Questions: Community-Based Strategies to Combat Hunger | |
| Economic Restructuring and Urban Food Access in the Dominican Republic | |
| The Forgotten Population? Youth, Food Insecurity, and Rising Prices: Implications for the Global Food Crisis | |
| Food Insecurity in Buhaya: The Cycle of Women's Marginalization and the Spread of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease | |
| Lavichè: Haiti's Vulnerability to the Global Food Crisis | |
| Mosaics of Maya Livelihoods: Readjusting to Global and Local Food Crises | |
| From Crisis to Cumulative Effects: Food Security Challenges in Alaska | |
| Things Became Scarce: Food Availability and Accessibility in Santiago de Cuba Then and Now | |
| Anthropological Approaches for Understanding the Complexities of the Global Food Crisis | |
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