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001 2007038449
003 DLC
005 20080609092351.0
008 070918s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007038449
020 $a0230553575 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aHD9018.D44$bF6625 2007
082 00 $a338.1/9091724$222
245 00 $aFood insecurity, vulnerability, and human rights failure /$cedited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Shabd S. Acharya, Benjamin Davis.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2007.
263 $a0712
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aStudies in development economics and policy
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart I. Vulnerability to hunger : causes and remedies. 1. National food policies impacting on food security : the experience of a large populated country : India / Shabd S. Acharya. 2. Food security in the South Pacific island countries with special reference to the Fiji Islands / K.L. Sharma. 3. Food security in the SADC region : an assessment of national trade strategy in the context of the 2001-03 food crisis / Andrew Charman and James Hodge. 4. On the edge : the role of food-based safety nets in helping vulnerable households manage food insecurity / Lynn Brown and Ugo Gentilini. 5. The public distribution systems of foodgrains and implications for food security : a comparison of the experiences of India and China / Zhang-Yue Zhou and Guanghua Wan. -- Part II. Gender and hunger : the links. 6. Gender, HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods : micro-level investigations in three African countries / John Curry, Esther Wiegers, Alessandra Garbero, Shannon Stokes and John Hourihan. 7. Gender, local knowledge and lessons learnt in documenting and conserving agrobiodiversity / Yianna Lambrou and Regina Laub. 8. Gender differentiation in the analysis of alternative farm mechanization choices on small farms in Kenya / Julliet Wanjiku, John Uhuru Manyengo, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, and Joseph T. Karugia. 9. Women and food security in South Asia : current issues and emerging concerns / Nira Ramachandran. -- Part III. Hunger as entitlement failure : the right to food. 10. Entitlement failure from a food quality perspective : the life and death role of vitamins and minerals in humanitarian crises / Patrick Webb and Andrew Thorne-Lyman. 11. The right to food as a fundamental human right : FAO's experience / Isabella Rae, Julian Thomas and Margret Vidar. 12. Realizing the right to food in South Asia / Pradeep Bhargava and Manju Balana. 13. Rights-based approach to development : lessons from the right to food movement in India / Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and S. Vivek.
650 0 $aFood supply$xSocial aspects$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aFood supply$xPolitical aspects$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aRight to food$zDeveloping countries.
700 1 $aGuha-Khasnobis, Basudeb.
700 1 $aAcharya, S. S.
700 1 $aDavis, Benjamin,$d1964-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007038449-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007038449-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007038449-t.html